Note 22 — PART I. LOGIC
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How is this to be understood? In a letter to Valerius (VI. 151, dated 1642) Gassendi says: ‘id ipsum est quod alii dicunt nihil esse in Intellectu quod prius non fuerit in sensu; insinuaturque interim ut in sensu praefuerint quae videntur nunquam transisse per sensum.’ In respect of God he says: ‘quas habemus species huiusmodi rerum, non esse absque analogia ad res, ut corporeas sic sensu perceptas.’ This seems to interpret the formula as meaning ‘all human thought is sensuous,’ which is hardly half-way to Condillac.