And, by the senses you can best
tell whether you perceive anything which is not immediately
perceived. And I ask you, whether the things immediately
perceived are other than your own sensations or ideas? You have
indeed more than once, in the course of this conversation,
declared yourself on those points; but you seem, by this last
question, to have departed from what you then thought.
. To speak the truth, Philonous, I think there are two
kinds of objects: -- the one perceived immediately, which are
likewise called ; the other are real things or external
objects, perceived by the mediation of ideas, which are their
images and representations. Now, I own ideas do not exist without
the mind; but the latter sort of objects do. I am sorry I did not
think of this distinction sooner; it would probably have cut
short your discourse.
. Are those external objects perceived by sense or by
some other faculty?
. They are perceived by sense.
. Howl Is there any thing perceived by sense which is
not immediately perceived?
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