Berkeley claims that the ideas of Sense are less dependent on the spirit, or thinking substance which perceives them, "yet still they are ideas, and certainly no idea, whether faint or strong, can exist otherwise than in an eternal locus."

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Berkeley actually argues that ideas of sense are more dependent on the spirit or thinking substance which perceives them, and he does not claim that ideas exist in an "eternal locus." Instead, he posits that ideas cannot exist outside of being perceived by a mind.

Berkeley Claims That the Ideas of Sense Are Less Dependent