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| 12944 | It is a serious mistake to think that we are aware of all of our perceptions [Leibniz] |
| Full Idea: Many errors can flow from the belief that the only perceptions in the soul are the ones of which it is aware. | |
| From: Gottfried Leibniz (New Essays on Human Understanding [1704], 2.01) | |
| A reaction: What a perceptive remark, for its time! I took it that it was only modern neuroscience and psychology which had woken us up to how much non-conscious activity is central to the mind. |