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'Confessions', 'Letters to Queen Charlotte' and 'Quaestiones de Potentia Dei'
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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / d. Secondary qualities
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We know objects by perceptions, but their qualities don't reveal what it is we are perceiving [Leibniz]
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12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 1. Empiricism
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There is nothing in the understanding but experiences, plus the understanding itself, and the understander [Leibniz]
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12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 4. Memory
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Mind and memory are the same, as shown in 'bear it in mind' or 'it slipped from mind' [Augustine]
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Memory contains innumerable principles of maths, as well as past sense experiences [Augustine]
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Why does joy in my mind make me happy, but joy in my memory doesn't? [Augustine]
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We would avoid remembering sorrow or fear if that triggered the emotions afresh [Augustine]
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I can distinguish different smells even when I am not experiencing them [Augustine]
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