The Illusion Of Qualities
There is something definitely wrong with our understanding of what our conscious experience is.
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Philosophers tell us that secondary qualities are non-essential — a thing is still what it is with or without the quality because they are not intrinsic to that thing like a primary quality is. Thus, qualities are of two types, those that are essential to make a thing what it is, and those which can be attributed to a thing but which aren’t essential. “Essential” in the sense used here means it is of the very nature of the thing to have it.
One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye. (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)