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Quote by George Berkeley
Their esse is percipi; nor is it possible they should have any existence out of the minds or thinking things which perceive them.
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The quote says that such things exist only insofar as they are perceived. They have no existence apart from minds or other thinking beings that perceive them. In simple terms, being perceived is presented as the condition of their existence, rather than something that happens to them after they already exist.
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