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" The table I write on I say exists, that is I see and feel it, and if I were out of my study I should say it existed, meaning thereby that if I was in my study I might perceive it, or that some other spirit actually does perceive it. "
Literary Remains of the Late William Hazlitt - Page 292
by William Hazlitt - 1836
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The Persistent Problems of Philosophy: An Introduction to Metaphysics ...

Mary Whiton Calkins - 1910 - 618 pages
...therefore, Berkeley teaches that things are ideas. "The table I write on," Berkeley says, "exists, that is, I see and feel it; and if I were out of my study I...other spirit actually does perceive it. There was an odor, that is, it was smelled ; there was a sound, that is, it was heard ; a color or figure, and it...
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A Beginner's History of Philosophy: Modern philosophy

Herbert Ernest Cushman - 1911 - 414 pages
...existence of an unknown substance, matter, behind external objects. " The table I write on exists, that is, I see and feel it ; and if I were out of my study I should say it existed, meaning thereby that if I were in my study I might perceive it or that some other person does perceive it." / Another question...
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The World We Live in: Or, Philosophy and Life in the Light of Modern Thought

George Stuart Fullerton - 1912 - 326 pages
...Berkeley himself appears little to have realized, he says: "The table I write on I say exists, that is, I see and feel it ; and if I were out of my study...that some other spirit actually does perceive it." 4 It seems, then, that I may speak of a thing as existing either when I actually perceive it, or when...
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Mind, Volume 27

1918 - 528 pages
...John Locke. " The table I write on," says Berkeley in the latter passage, " I say exists, that is, I see and feel it ; and if I were out of my study...study I might perceive it, or that some other spirit does actually perceive it. There was an odour, that is, it was smelt ; there was a sound, that is,...
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A Short History of Celtic Philosophy

Herbert Moore Pim - 1920 - 150 pages
...meant by the term exist when applied to sensible things. The table I write on I say exists — that is, I see and feel it ; and if I were out of my study...thereby that if I was in my study I might perceive it. There was an odour — that is, it was smelt ; there was a sound — that is, it was heard ; a colour...
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A New Theory of Vision and Other Select Philosophical Writings

George Berkeley - 1922 - 346 pages
...meant by the term exist, when applied to sensible things. The table I write on, I say, exists, that is, I see and feel it ; and if I were out of my study...it, or that some other spirit actually does perceive it.]1 There was an odour, that is, it was smelled ; there was a sound, that is to say, it was heard...
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A New Theory of Vision and Other Select Philosophical Writings, Volume 10

George Berkeley - 1926 - 358 pages
...meant by the term exist, when applied to sensible things. The table I write on, I say, exists, that is, I see and feel it ; and if I were out of my study...actually does perceive it.] * There was an odour, that is, it was smelled ; there was a sound, that is to say, it was heard ; a colour or figure, and...
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Idealism as a Philosophy

Reinhold Friedrich Alfred Hoernlé - 1927 - 342 pages
...figure, and it was, perceived by sight or touch." Again, "the table I write on I say exists; that is, I see and feel it: and if I were out of my study I...that some other spirit actually does perceive it." 1 Mere reflection on 'Both these passages come from § 3 of the Principles of Human Knowledge. this...
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Theistic Monism: An Answer to the Question "Is There God?" Reached by ...

Joseph Evans - 1928 - 352 pages
...by the term " exist " when applied to sensible things. The table I write on I say exists, that is, I see and feel it ; and if I were out of my study,...spirit actually does perceive it. There was an odour, that is, it was smelt ; there was a sound, that is, it was heard ; a colour or figure, and it was perceived...
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Practical Psychology for Students of Education

Charles Fox - 1928 - 230 pages
...applied to sensible things. | The table I write on I say exists, that is, I see and feel it; | and if it were out of my study I should say it existed — meaning...spirit actually does perceive it. ] There was an odour, that is, it was smelt; there was a sound, that is, it was heard; a colour or figure, and it was perceived...
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