QUALITIES ARE CLASSIFIED AS CORPOREAL AND OF THE SOUL.

17. Qualities, therefore, should be classified as of the body, and of

the soul.[406] Even though all the souls, as well as their immaterial

qualities, be considered as existing on high, yet their inferior

qualities must be divided according to the senses, referring these

qualities either to sight, hearing, feeling, taste, or smell. Under

sight, we will classify the differences of colors; under hearing,

that of the sounds; and likewise, with the other senses. As to the

sounds, inasmuch as they have but a single quality, they will have to

be classified according to their being soft, harsh, agreeable, and the

like.

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