translate English to German: He defines these terms thus in his An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding : "By the term impression, then, I mean all our more lively perceptions, when we hear, or see, or feel, or love, or hate, or desire, or will. And impressions are distinguished from ideas, which are the less lively perceptions, of which we are conscious, when we reflect on any of those sensations or movements above mentioned.
Die Erkenntnistheorie stellt das Herzstück der Hume'schen Philosophie dar und ist gleichzeitig bis heute am intensivsten rezipiert worden.