Single Idea 2067

[catalogued under 12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 1. Perception]

Full Idea

It would be peculiar if each of us were like a Trojan horse, with a whole bunch of senses sitting inside us, rather than that all these perceptions converge onto a single identity (mind, or whatever one ought to call it).

Gist of Idea

Our senses could have been separate, but they converge on one mind

Source

Plato (Theaetetus [c.364 BCE], 184d)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Theaetetus', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [Penguin 1987], p.86