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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / d. Secondary qualities

22593	Our sensation of light may not be the same as what produces the sensation [Descartes]
	Full Idea: There can be a difference between our sensation of light and what is in the objects that produce that sensation in us.
	From: René Descartes (The World [1631]), quoted by Ian Dunt - How to be a Liberal 1
	A reaction: Note only that they 'may' differ, and that he does not assert that they are entirely different. Secondary qualities give information, and are not just mental events.