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George Berkeley Quotes about Perception

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This perceiving, active being is what I call mind, spirit, soul, or myself. By which words I do not denote any one of my ideas, but a thing entirely distinct from them, wherein they exist, or, which is the same thing,

This perceiving, active being is what I call mind, spirit, soul, or myself. By which words I do not denote any one of my ideas, but a thing entirely distinct from them, wherein they exist, or, which is the same thing, whereby they are perceived; for the existence of an idea consists in being perceived.

George Berkeley
Ideas, Soul, Perception
George Berkeley (2015). “Principles of Human Knowledge: Human Understanding”, p.17, 谷月社

How often must I repeat, that I know or am conscious of my own being; and that I myself am not my ideas, but somewhat else, a thinking, active principle that perceives, knows, wills, and operates about ideas?

George Berkeley
Thinking, Ideas, Perception
George Berkeley (1837). “Works: Account of His Life and Letters”, p.69

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