The many, as we say, are seen but not known, and the ideas are known but not seen.
Exactly.
[C] And what is the organ with which we see the visible things?
The sight, he said.
And with the hearing, I said, we hear, and with the other senses perceive the other objects of sense?
True.
Sight the most complex of the senses, But have you remarked that sight is by far the most costly and complex piece of workmanship which the artificer of the senses ever contrived?
No, I never have, he said.
Then reflect; has the ear or voice need of any third or [D]additional nature in order that the one may be able to hear and the other to be heard?
Nothing of the sort.