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Quotation from A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge by George Berkeley
“This perceiving, active being is what I call MIND, SPIRIT, SOUL, or MYSELF.”
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, Part I, section 2 (Project Gutenberg text (capitals as printed))
Having listed the kinds of ideas, Berkeley names the perceiver, which is not itself an idea.
Citation: "This perceiving, active being is what I call MIND, SPIRIT, SOUL, or MYSELF." — George Berkeley, A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, Part I, section 2 (Project Gutenberg text (capitals as printed)). (id berkeley-principles-of-human-knowledge-q3)
Portrait: George Berkeley by Jonh Smibert, John Smibert, Public domain.
