But, say you, surely there is nothing easier than for me to imagine trees, for instance, in a … - George Berkeley

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With each passing moment, a Soul sets off to find Itself.

George Berkeley

But, say you, surely there is nothing easier than for me to imagine trees, for instance, in a park [. . . ] and nobody by to perceive them. [. . . ] The objects of sense exist only when they are perceived; the trees therefore are in the garden [. . . ] no longer than while there is somebody by to perceive them.

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To be is to be perceived (Esse est percipi). " Or, "If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?

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All the choir of heaven and furniture of earth - in a word, all those bodies which compose the frame of the world - have not any subsistence without a mind.

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What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind.

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It is impossible that a man who is false to his friends and neighbours should be true to the public.

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Truth is the cry of all, but the game of few.

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