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Hume, David - 6th sense versus the other senses
Identifier
029317
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
impressions = sensations, passions, and emotions
ideas = invisible input - the faint images of these in thinking and reasoning; such as, for instance, all the perceptions excited by the present discourse
A description of the experience
Treatise, Bk. I, Part I, Sect. I.
All the perceptions of the human mind resolve themselves into two distinct kinds, which I shall call impressions and ideas. The difference betwixt these consists in the degrees of force and liveliness, with which they strike upon the mind, and make their way into our thought or consciousness. Those perceptions which enter with most force and violence, we may name impressions; and, under this name, I comprehend all our sensations, passions, and emotions, as they make their first appearance in the soul. By ideas, I mean the faint images of these in thinking and reasoning; such as, for instance, are all the perceptions excited by the present discourse, excepting only those which arise from the sight and touch, and excepting the immediate pleasure or uneasiness it may occasion,
The source of the experience
Hume, DavidConcepts, symbols and science items
Concepts
EmotionEmotions
Five senses system
Invisible input
Sensations
Spiritual input [experience]