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George Berkeley

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We have first raised a dust and then complain we cannot see.


— George Berkeley


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A mind at liberty to reflect on its own observations, if it produce nothing useful to the world, seldom fails of entertainment to itself.


— George Berkeley


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Many things, for aught I know, may exist, whereof neither I nor any other man hath or can have any idea or notion whatsoever.


— George Berkeley


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That neither our thoughts, nor passions, nor ideas formed by the imagination, exist without the mind, is what every body will allow.


— George Berkeley


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That thing of hell and eternal punishment is the most absurd, as well as the most disagreeable thought that ever entered into the head of mortal man.


— George Berkeley


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Did you know about George Berkeley?

In 1734 he was appointed Bishop of Cloyne in Ireland a position he was to hold until his death. He takes heat as an example of a secondary quality. In 1721/2 he was made Dean of Dromore and in 1724 Dean of Derry.

In this book Berkeley's views were represented by Philonous (Greek: 'lover of mind') while Hylas (Greek: 'matter') embodies the Irish thinker’s opponents in particular John Locke. Interest in Berkeley's work increased after World War II because he tackled many of the issues of paramount interest to philosophy in the 20th century such as the problems of perception the difference between primary and secondary qualities and the importance of language.

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