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Hume never catches himself without a perception

For my part, when I enter most intimately into what I call myself, I always stumble on some particular perception or other, of heat or cold, light or shade, love or hatred, pain or pleasure, colour or sound, etc. I never catch myself, distinct from some such perception. David Hume, Treatise of Human Nature, Book 1, Part 4, Section 6

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