be able to distinguish white from black, for things cannot differ by virtue of what they have in common. In general, none of the senses could perceive distinctions: sight could not distinguish between colors, hearing between sounds, or taste between flavors. It would also follow that all objects of sensory perception were one and the same, with no difference between what hearing perceives and what sight perceives. All this is utterly at odds with human understanding.

The senses perceive the essences of particular things only through perceiving the sensible qualities proper to each sense. The fallacy here is that what is perceived essentially is taken to be perceived in itself. Were it not for being brought up on these arguments and taught to revere their proponents, no one of sound natural disposition could find them at all persuasive or give them credence.

The cause of such confusion concerning the revealed religion, which has driven those who claim to defend it to such arguments