Full Idea
When I shut my eyes, the things I saw may still exist, but it must be in another mind.
Gist of Idea
When I shut my eyes, the things I saw may still exist, but in another mind
Source
George Berkeley (The Principles of Human Knowledge [1710], §90)
Book Reference
Berkeley,George: 'The Principles of Human Knowledge etc.', ed/tr. Warnock,G.J. [Fontana 1962], p.110
A Reaction
This strikes me as ridiculous. What kind of theory says that a table goes out of existence when someone forgets to look at it for a moment, but is then recreated in identical form? Epistemology is not ontology.