SUBSTANCE.

PHIL. Well then, let us examine the relation implied in the term
SUBSTANCE. Is it not that it stands under accidents?

HYL. The very same.

PHIL. But, that one thing may stand under or support another, must it
not be extended?

HYL. It must.

PHIL. Is not therefore this supposition liable to the same absurdity
with the former?

HYL. You still take things in a strict literal sense. That is not fair,
Philonous.

PHIL. I am not for imposing any sense on your words: you are at liberty
to explain them as you please. Only, I beseech you, make me understand
something by them. You tell me Matter supports or stands under accidents.
How! is it as your legs support your body?

HYL. No; that is the literal sense.

PHIL. Pray let me know any sense, literal or not literal, that you
understand it in.--How long must I wait for an answer, Hylas?

HYL. I declare I know not what to say. I once thought I understood well
enough what was meant by Matter's supporting accidents. But now, the more