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> [Esse est percipi, to be is to be perceived, said good old Berkeley; but, according to most philosophers, he was wrong. Yet, obviously, there are things for which the adage holds. Perception, trivially, to begin with. If elements of conscious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeno-vendler/esse-est-percipi-to-be-is-to-be-perceived-said-good-old-berkeley-but/)

Zeno Vendler

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## More by Zeno Vendler

> [Experience and imagination must enter into the very constitution of our thoughts involving concrete individuals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeno-vendler/experience-and-imagination-must-enter-into-the-very-constitution-of/)

Zeno Vendler

> [the full analysis of the notions of saying something and understanding what one said inevitably involves a concept which, as I will show in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeno-vendler/the-full-analysis-of-the-notions-of-saying-something-and/)

Zeno Vendler

> [Esse est percipi, to be is to be perceived, said good old Berkeley; but, according to most philosophers, he was wrong. Yet, obviously, there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeno-vendler/esse-est-percipi-to-be-is-to-be-perceived-said-good-old-berkeley-but/)

Zeno Vendler

> [To be in the mind and to be known are the same thing: in this domain esse est percipi.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeno-vendler/to-be-in-the-mind-and-to-be-known-are-the-same-thing-in-this-domain/)

Zeno Vendler

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