"Everyone will readily allow, that there is a considerable difference between the perceptions of the mind, when a man feels the pain of excessive heat, or the pleasure of moderate warmth, and when he afterwards recalls to his memory this sensation, or anticipates it by his imagination."
Perception and sensation is always debatable. The power of the perception of the mind can be very compeling to make you think something is really there when it isn't. Take for example walking in the dark. If you're afraid of the dark, everywhere you turn you swear you can hear things you've never heard before, and feel as though walking is taking a lot longer than it ever should.
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i think what hume is trying to say is that perception is what the mind perceives at the time and sensation is the after effect, the feeling you feel after your mind percieves it. for instance, man feels pain of excessive heat but once that pain is percieved, the sensation he feels afterwards is warmth.
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