esse est percipi (English spelling) esse est percipi

Japanese: esse est percipi(英語表記)esseestpercipi
esse est percipi (English spelling) esse est percipi

...Overall, the basic spirit of this book is to return from the world of mathematical and natural scientific conceptual construction to everyday perceptual experience, and to reexamine the meaning of existence on that level. On the other hand, in "The Theory of the Principles of Human Knowledge," the assertion made in the previous book that visual objects exist only "in the mind" is extended to all perceptual objects, and the proposition "to exist is to be perceived (esse est percipi)" is established as the fundamental principle of immaterialism. If nothing exists "outside the mind," that is, apart from perception, then there is no longer any room to acknowledge the existence of "material entities."...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "esse est percipi" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…全体として,数学的・自然科学的な概念構成の世界から日常的な知覚の経験に立ち返り,その次元で存在の意味を問いなおそう,というのがこの書の基本精神である。一方,《人知原理論》では,視覚対象は〈心の中〉に存在するにすぎないという前著の主張が知覚対象の全体に広げられ,〈存在するとは知覚されること(エッセ・エスト・ペルキピesse est percipi)〉という命題が非物質論の根本原理として確立される。何ものも〈心の外〉には,すなわち知覚を離れては存在しないとすれば,もはや〈物質的実体〉の存在を認める余地はない,というのである。…

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