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[from 'De Anima' by Aristotle, in 12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 1. Perception ]

Full Idea

Flesh is not the ultimate sense-organ. To suppose that it is requires the supposition that on contact with the object the sense-organ itself discerns what is doing the discerning.

Gist of Idea

Sense organs aren't the end of sensation, or they would know what does the sensing

Source

Aristotle (De Anima [c.329 BCE], 426b18)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'De Anima (On the Soul)', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,H.C. [Penguin 1986], p.194