Paragraph 1: "The utmost we say of them, even when they operate with greatest vigour, is, that they represent their object in so lively a manner, that we could almost say we feel or see it: But, except the mind be disordered by disease or madness, they never can arrive at such a pitch of vivacity, as to render these perceptions altogether undistinguishable."
Hume is saying that many people have thoughts so vivid that they say that they can feel them or see them. He says that only people with a diseased mind can do this and that people without a diseased mind cannot see or feel them until they become real. I disagree with Hume on this. I think that people can see their ideas very vividly inside their minds. Otherwise, how would artists be able to make such beautiful paintings? How could architects draw out blue prints? How could anyone speak, draw, or create something without picturing it and thinking about it first?
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I kind of agree with Hume on this. I think he is saying that people who actually see things in their head believes that these things are real. He believes that people who do this are seriously crazy. this reminds me of people who have schizophrenia because they see hallucinations but they believe these things are real.
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