perception Quotes

There are two distinctive peculiarities by reference to which we characterize the soul (1) local movement and (2) thinking, discriminating, and perceiving. Thinking both speculative and practical is regarded as akin to a form of perceiving; for in the one... ...

A small problem isn't noticed, but when it grows, it becomes obvious.

The ridiculous is produced by any defect that is unattended by pain, or fatal consequences; thus, an ugly and deformed countenance does not fail to cause laughter, if it is not occasioned by pain.

To perceive is to suffer.

For often, when one is asleep, there is something in consciousness which declares that what then presents itself is but a dream.

At first he who invented any art that went beyond the common perceptions of man was naturally admired by men, not only because there was something useful in the inventions, but because he was thought wise and superior to the... ...

The senses are gateways to the intelligence. There is nothing in the intelligence which did not first pass through the senses.

For pleasure is a state of soul, and to each man that which he is said to be a lover of is pleasant.

A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a piece of wax takes on the impress of a signet-ring without the iron or gold.

Where perception is, there also are pain and pleasure, and where these are, there, of necessity, is desire.