“The proper stuff of fiction' does not exist; everything is the proper stuff of fiction, every feeling, every thought; every quality of brain and spirit is drawn upon; no perception comes amiss.” DoeFeelingsSpiritStuffBrainFictionQualityPerception Book:Selected essays Source: Selected essays
“This perceiving, active being is what I call mind, spirit, soul, or myself. By which words I do not denote any one of my ideas, but a thing entirely distinct from them, wherein they exist, or, which is the same thing, whereby they are perceived; for the existence of an idea consists in being perceived.” MindIdeasSoulSpiritExistencePerceptionActive Book:Principles of Human Knowledge: Human Understanding Source: Principles of Human Knowledge: Human Understanding