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, a philosopher, posited that Locke could argue against this by claiming that the excruciating pain from stepping into a flame cannot be equated with the sensation of such pain in a dream. Hobbes argued that dreams are irrational whereas waking reality is not.