if it is said the evidence for this is that since sight is with a body then sight is not related to sights so seeing is not seen and hearing is not heard and so are the other senses. if the mind also does not perceive except with a body then it does not perceive itself and the mind just as it perceives others perceives itself. so one of us just as he perceives others perceives himself and perceives that he perceived others and that he perceived himself.
فإن قيل الدليل عليه أن الإبصار لما كان بجسم فالإبصار لا يتعلق بالأبصار فالرؤية لا ترى والسمع لا يسمع وكذى سائر الحواس. فإن كان العقل أيضا لا يدرك إلا بجسم فلم يدرك نفسه، والعقل كما يعقل غيره يعقل نفسه فإن الواحد منا كما يعقل غيره يعقل نفسه ويعقل أنه عقل غيره وأنه عقل نفسه.