Full Idea
Perception is a higher state than sensation: it involves not just a response to the outer world, but also an assessment of it.
Gist of Idea
Perception (which involves an assessment) is a higher state than sensation
Source
Roger Scruton (Animal Rights and Wrongs [1996], p.14)
Book Reference
Scruton,Roger: 'Animal Rights and Wrongs' [Demos 1996], p.14
A Reaction
This seems to me a simple but really important distinction, even though it wickedly uses the word 'higher', which Greeks like but post-Humeans struggle with. But we all know it is higher, don't we?
Related Idea
Idea 7710 Perception is a mode of belief-acquisition, and does not involve sensation [Lowe]