According to Locke, "The particular bulk, number, figure, and motion of the parts of, for example, fire or snow, are really in them, whether anyone's senses perceive them or no: and therefore they may be called abstract qualities.

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Locke classified the "bulk, number, figure, and motion of the parts" of substances like fire or snow as primary qualities, which he believed exist in objects independently of any observer. He used the term "abstract qualities" to refer to our ideas of these qualities, not the qualities themselves.

According to Locke, "The Particular Bulk, Number, Figure, and Motion