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"P" stands for the paragraph or section number.
- Sensible things (e.g., empirical objects such as trees and books)
are collections of sensations: particular tastes, smells, colors,
shapes, and consistencies. (P. 1)
- For any empirical object X, "X exists" means "If I
were in such-and-such location, I would perceive X." (P.
3)
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For any empirical object, "X exists" means "If I
were in such-and-such location, I would perceive this collection of
sensations.
- Sensations are ideas. (P. 1)
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For any empirical object, "X exists" means "If I
were in such-and-such location, I would perceive this collection of
ideas."
- Ideas cannot exist otherwise than in a mind perceiving them. (P.
3)
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For any empirical object, "X exists" means "X exists
in a mind perceiving X."
- Sensible ideas cannot exist in an unperceiving thing. (P. 7)
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Sensible things (including empirical objects) cannot exist except
in a mind perceiving it. ("Their esse is percipi.")
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Sensible things (including empirical objects) do not exist when
unperceived.
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