...that they are nothing but a bundle or collection of different perceptions, which succeed one another with an inconceivable rapidity, and are in a perpetual flux and movement. . . . The mind is a kind of theatre, where several perceptions successively make their appearance,...

...recalls, therefore, Hume's " bundle or collection of different perceptions which succeed one another with an inconceivable rapidity and are in a perpetual flux and movement ". Thus both Empiricism and Dogmatism fail to explain knowledge ; they give us, instead of cognitions,...

...have no need of anything else to support their existence' (i. 299). He boldly asserts that man is ' nothing but a bundle or collection of different perceptions,...rapidity, and are in a perpetual flux and movement' (i. 321). It is true that, in his Essays, the work which he expressly desired to be regarded as alone...

...external archetype or model which they represent' (iv. 180). In holding that the mind is nothing but a collection of different perceptions which succeed...rapidity, and are in a perpetual flux and movement (i. 321) — above all, in holding that ' the idea of existence is the very same with the idea of what...

...himkelf," he " always stumbles on some particular." And as with himself, so with the race. Mankind are "nothing but a bundle or collection of different...inconceivable rapidity, and are in a perpetual flux or movement." To account for the individuality in which people believe, we must "account for that identity...

...perceptions, 252,456,634; a man only ' a bundle of particular perceptions which succeed one another with an inconceivable rapidity and are in a perpetual flux and movement,' 252 ; ' they are the successive perceptions which constitute the mind ; Perception. no real bond perceived...

...subject or object. The idea, and nothing else, is given. "I may venture to affirm of mankind," he says, " that they are nothing but a bundle or collection of...rapidity, and are in a perpetual flux and movement." And again, " All these are different and distinguishable and separable from each other, and may be...

...thinks he has a different notion of himself, I must confess I can reason no longer with him. All I cap allow him is, that he may be in the right as well...in their sockets without varying our perceptions. Oar thought is still more variable than our sight; and all our other senses and faculties contribute...

...insensible of myself, and may be truly said not to exist. . . . Setting aside some metaphysicians, I may venture to affirm of the rest of mankind that...rapidity and are in a perpetual flux and movement. . . . There is properly no simplicity in the mind at one time, nor identity in different." Thus personality...

...principles, the only ideas which can pretend to any validity are those derived from impressions: "I venture to affirm of the rest of mankind that they...rapidity and are in a perpetual flux and movement. The mind is a kind of theatre where several perceptions successively make their appearance. . . . There...