Nothing is self-evident except the material of sensory perception.
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When we speak of "direct perception" or "direct awareness," we mean the
perceptual level. Percepts, not sensations, are the given, the self-evident.
The knowledge of sensations as components of percepts is not direct, it is
acquired by man much later: it is a scientific, conceptual discovery.
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