Reality: Sections C & D

• "What does Locke mean by 'primary qualities'? give an example."
• "What does Locke mean by 'secondary qualities'? give an example."

"The ideas of primary qualities of bodies are resemblances of them, and their patterns do really exist in the bodies themselves, but the ideas produced in us by these secondary qualities have no resemblance of them at all." (Solomon et al, 205) According to Locke, primary qualities are those that others can see in someone or something, ones that you are identified with. While in contrast, secondary qualities are ones that are not attributed to someone or something. The book uses fire as an example, saying the heat one feels from the fire is a primary quality of the fire itself. Fire produces heat, this is a natural part, and an embodiment of the fire. In order to explain secondary qualities, they use the pain caused by the heat of the fire as move closer to it. The pain caused from the fire is not a result of an embodiment or natural cause of the fire itself. It is a reaction that takes place with in us. So from what I understand from that, a primary quality is directly from some sort of entity, while a secondary is a mere result of a primary quality.