Philosopher Ben Springett has said that Locke might respond to this by stating that the agonizing pain of stepping into a fire is non-comparable to stepping into a fire in a dream. Hobbes claimed that dreams are susceptible to absurdity while the waking life is not.
Ben Springett posited that Locke could argue against this point by stating that the pain from stepping into a fire is not comparable to experiencing such pain in a dream. Hobbes believed that dreams are absurd compared to real life.