Berkeley, George
"Three Dialogues Between Hylas And Philonous"
. Ideas then are sensible, and their archetypes or
originals insensible?
. Right.
. But how can that which is sensible be like that
which is insensible? Can a real thing, in itself , be
like a ; or a real thing, which is not , be like
a ? In a word, can anything be like a sensation or idea,
but another sensation or idea?
. I must own, I think not.
. Is it possible there should be any doubt on the
point? Do. you not perfectly know your own ideas?
. I know them perfectly; since what I do not perceive
or know can be no part of my idea.
. Consider, therefore, and examine them, and then tell
me if there be anything in them which can exist without the mind:
or if you can conceive anything like them existing without the
mind.
. Upon inquiry, I find it is impossible for me to
conceive or understand how anything but an idea can be like an
idea. And it is most evident that mind>.
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