No doubt, we also say, a thing has qualities. But the phraseology is a misplaced one: 'having' hints at an independence, foreign to the 'somewhat', which is still directly identical with its quality.

诚然，我们也说某物有某些质，但这话却欠恰当，因为当我们说某物“有”某些特质时，这“有”表示某物的独立性，但与它的质却是具有直接同一的某物，却还不具有这种独立性。

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