Immediately Prior

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    Things perceived by the senses are immediately perceived by the senses; and things immediately perceived by the senses are ideas; and ideas cannot exist without the mind, their existence therefore consists in being perceived; when therefore they are actually perceived, there can be no doubt of their existence.
    George Berkeley (1685–1753)

    They never taste who always drink;
    They always talk who never think.
    —Matthew Prior (1664–1721)