Phil. And have they not then the same appearance of being distant?
Hyl. They have.
Phil. But you do not thence conclude the apparitions in a dream to be without the mind?
Hyl. By no means.
Phil. You ought not therefore to conclude that sensible objects are without the mind, from their appearance, or manner wherein they are perceived.
Hyl. I acknowledge it. But doth not my sense deceive me in those cases?
Phil. By no means. The idea or thing which you immediately perceive, neither sense nor reason informs you that it actually exists without the mind. By sense you only know that you are affected with such certain sensations of light and colours, &c. And these you will not say are without the mind.
Hyl. True: but, beside all that, do you not think the sight suggests something of outness or distance?
Phil. Upon approaching a distant object, do the visible size and figure change perpetually, or do they appear the same at all distances?
Hyl. They are in a continual change.