On Locke's account of bodies (Book 2, Chapter 8 of his Essay), all bodies possess "real" or "primary" qualities (solidity, extension, figure, number, and motion).
In the Haydn, the quality and solidity of the orchestra's sound was retained even as the ensemble thinned out in the finale.
And of course Clarke has what is sometimes called "bottom" – that indefinable quality of solidity and reliability that suggests he is not prepared to be pushed around by officials, lawyers or anyone else.
A brighter interior design would help, too, especially in a car named after one of the world's more vibrant cities. Otherwise the Rio is impressive for its quality, its solidity, its refinement, and for the way it looks.
Examples of primary qualities include "solidity, extension, figure, motion, or rest, and number".
Locke's theory also made the important distinction between "primary qualities" (such as solidity, figure, extension, motion, and rest), which are real properties of physical objects, and "secondary qualities" (such as colour, taste, and smell), which are merely the effects of such real properties on the mind.
There is a feeling of solidity and quality throughout, with no piece feeling cheap or out of place.
Locke endorsed this distinction between primary qualities (such as extension, motion, figure, and solidity) and secondary qualities; but George Berkeley, a major British Empiricist of the early 18th century, criticized it sharply as absurd: to imagine something that has primary but no secondary qualities is psychologically impossible.
Thus, Hylas allows that color, taste, etc. may be mind-dependent (secondary) qualities, but contends that figure, solidity, motion and rest (the primary qualities) exist in mind-independent material bodies.
Primary qualities include size, shape, weight, and solidity, among others, and secondary qualities include colour, taste, and smell.
