• They are the successive perceptions only, that constitute the mind; nor have we the most distant notion of the place, where these scenes are represented, or of the materials, of which it is compos’d

  Source: A Treatise of Human Nature (1739)

  David Hume
  Scottish Philosopher, Historian 1711-1776
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. perceptions
2. represented
3. materials
4. compos’d
5. scenes
6. where

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They are the successive perceptions only, that constitute the mind; nor have we the most distant notion of the place, where these scenes are represented, or of the materials, of which it is compos’d by : David Hume

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