Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Section II-Of the Origin of Ideas

Everyone will readily allow, that there is a considerable difference between the perceptions of the mind, when a man feels the painof excessive heat or the pleasure of moderate warmth, and when he afterwards recalls to his memory this sensation, or anticipate it by his imagination.

I agree with Hume. When you think of something you really dont have a sensation of it until you experience it. Once you experience it you will be able to recall what you experienced. You wont have the same perception of what you felt but you will remember it and have some type of idea.

1 comment:

Codi said...

Yeah i feel this is a really simple task to understand. That feelings one gets can be good or bad; depending on the situation. Sences can be true for this too. For example, if you smell cookies sometimes you feel like you can taste them too and it gives you a warm feeling inside tool. Or if you hurt yourself and it hurt really bad- and you think of the situation sometimes you can even feel it again.