Distinctions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The distinguishing characteristics of mind are of a subjective sort; we know them only from the contents of our own consciousness.
We cannot pretend that reality is different from what it is.
A mind which really lays hold of a subject is not easily detached from it.
We cannot therefore say that mental acts contain a cognitive as well as a conative element.
The perception of what a thing is and the perception of what it means are not separate, either.
There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.
The mind of a human being is formed only of comparisons made in order to examine analogies, and therefore cannot precede the existence of memory.
Where conscious subjectivity is concerned, there is no distinction between the observation and the thing observed.
I cannot escape the objection that there is no state of mind, however simple, that does not change every moment.
Distinction is the consequence, never the object of a great mind.