**Thomas Hobbes 1588-1679 (dec 1, 1588 – aug 1, 1679)

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The message is straightforward with respect to both the basis and the formation of knowledge: senses (sensations) are basic to our acquisition of knowledge in that they lead to conceptions
(representations) to which we attach names (concepts) which we then
put together into propositions
which, if true, already constitute
knowledge, and from which there arise
further knowledge if we draw
conclusions in an orderly way from them.
Idealism
24 Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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