Literary notes about Perception (AI summary)
Literature employs "perception" as both a sensory phenomenon and a complex cognitive act that shapes meaning and experience. Philosophical texts draw sharp distinctions between raw sensory inputs and the judgments that render them significant ([1], [2], [3]), while other works depict perception as a stirring of the inner self—an awakening to the unexpected or mystical aspects of life ([4], [5]). Authors also use this term to explore the interplay between subjective experience and external reality, suggesting that what we see and feel is often a fusion of immediate impressions and deeper, sometimes intellectual, interpretations ([6], [7]). In artistic narratives, perception can also be the lens through which mundane details transform into revelations about the human condition, underscoring its vital role in both reflective thought and emotional response ([8], [9]).
- The chief distinction among our ideas is that between ideas of perception and abstract ideas.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer - Similarly, in perception, we do not have a datum unless we have a JUDGMENT of perception.
— from The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell - Without the bodily states following on the perception, the latter would be purely cognitive in form, pale, colourless, destitute of emotional warmth.
— from The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell - The best, indeed the only preparation is arousal to a perception of something that needs explanation, something unexpected, puzzling, peculiar.
— from How We Think by John Dewey - She had a dim perception of God and of eternity, and a still more dim perception of a Saviour who had died even for such as her.
— from Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup - The former—external objects in space—might be a mere delusion, but the latter—the object of my internal perception—is undeniably real.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant - Long since, it must be remarked, he has lost the perception of singularity in his conduct.
— from Twice-told tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne - Cervantes' humour is for the most part of that broader and simpler sort, the strength of which lies in the perception of the incongruous.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - In this artistic perception he was perfectly right.
— from Intentions by Oscar Wilde
