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Single Idea 2184

[filed under theme 12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 1. Empiricism ]

Full Idea

All our ideas or more feeble perceptions are copies of our impressions or more lively ones.

Clarification

'Impressions' are basic sense experiences

Gist of Idea

All ideas are copies of impressions

Source

David Hume (Enquiry Conc Human Understanding [1748], II.13)

Book Ref

Hume,David: 'Enquiries Conc. Human Understanding, Morals', ed/tr. Selby-Bigge/Nidditch [OUP 1975], p.19