By Michel de Certeau
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If my current idea can mean the othe r idea s with which it is associated, then I am no longer trapped in a solipsism of the present moment , fo r m y curren t ide a ca n mea n othe r idea s with whic h m y experienc e associate s it . Bu t I a m stil l a solipsist, fo r n o associatio n ca n b e mad e i n m y experienc e between a n ide a o f min e an d a n ide a o f yours , for I neve r experience the latter. For Berkeley, the fundamental form by which idea s represen t on e anothe r i s throug h resemblance , not simpl y b y brut e contingen t association , lik e caus e an d effect, whic h nee d posses s n o similarity .
I entreat th e reader t o reflect wit h himself, and see if i t dot h no t ofte n happe n eithe r i n hearin g o r readin g a 20 Principles: Introduction discourse, that th e passion s of fear, love , hatred, admiration , disdain, and th e lik e arise, immediately in his mind upon th e perception o f certai n words , withou t an y idea s comin g be tween. At first, indeed, the words might have occasioned idea s that wer e fit to produce thos e emotions ; but, if I mistake not, it will be found that when language is once grown familiar, th e hearing of the sound s or sight of the character s is oft immediately attended with those passions, which at first were wont to be produced b y the interventio n o f ideas, that ar e no w quite omitted.
So likewise th e min d b y leavin g ou t o f th e particula r colour s perceived b y sense , tha t whic h distinguishe s them on e fro m another, an d retainin g tha t onl y whic h i s commo n t o all , makes a n ide a o f colou r i n abstrac t whic h i s neithe r red , nor blue , no r white , nor an y other determinat e colour . An d in lik e manne r b y considerin g motio n abstractedl y no t onl y from th e bod y moved , bu t likewis e fro m th e figur e i t de scribes, an d al l particula r direction s an d velocities , th e ab stract idea of motion i s framed; whic h equally corresponds t o all particula r motion s whatsoeve r tha t ma y b e perceive d b y sense.