BOOK I PART IV
It will not now be necessary to prove, that
those perceptions, which are simple, and exist
no where, are incapable of any conjunction in
place with matter or body, which is extended
and divisible; since it is impossible to found a
relation but on some common quality. It may
be better worth our while to remark, that this
question of the local conjunction of objects does
not only occur in metaphysical disputes con-
cerning the nature of the soul, but that even in
common life we have every moment occasion
to examine it. Thus supposing we consider a
fig at one end of the table, and an olive at the
other, it is evident, that in forming the complex
ideas of these substances, one of the most obvi-
ous is that of their different relishes; and it is as
evident, that we incorporate and conjoin these
qualities with such as are coloured and tangi-
ble. The bitter taste of the one, and sweet of