The identity that we ascribe to things is only a fictitious one, established by the mind, not a peculiar nature belonging to what we're talking about.
Empiricism, skepticism
The identity that we ascribe to things is only a fictitious one, established by the mind, not a peculiar nature belonging to what we're talking about.
Empiricism, skepticism
A Treatise of Human Nature, Book 1, Part 4, Section 6
1739-40
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