BOOK I PART IV
organ of sensation; and that being impossible
in a simple impression, obliges us to remove
the whole, and proves that this whole impres-
sion has no archetype or model in external ob-
jects. To which we may add, that solidity nec-
essarily supposes two bodies, along with con-
tiguity and impulse; which being a compound
object, can never be represented by a simple
impression. Not to mention, that though so-
lidity continues always invariably the same,
the impressions of touch change every moment
upon us; which is a clear proof that the latter
are not representations of the former.
Thus there is a direct and total opposition
betwixt our reason and our senses; or more
properly speaking, betwixt those conclusions
we form from cause and effect, and those that
persuade us of the continued and independent