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  • Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous

    The main themes and ideas explored in "Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous" include:Immaterialism/Idealism: Like in Berkeley's earlier work, "A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge," the dialogues present Berkeley's central thesis of immaterialism. Philonous argues that the only things that exist are minds (spirits) and their ideas. Physical objects are not independent ... Read more

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  • Delphi Complete Works of George Berkeley (Illustrated)

    Series Book 11 - Delphi Series Ten
    The eighteenth century Irish philosopher George Berkeley is best known for his empiricist and idealist philosophy, which argues that reality consists only of minds and their ideas. He is also known for his critique of abstraction, an important premise in his argument for immaterialism. His chief philosophical work, ‘A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge’ (1710), largely seeks to ... Read more

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  • An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision

    In "An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision," George Berkeley presents a groundbreaking exploration of visual perception that challenges the prevailing Cartesian views of his time. Through meticulous argumentation and innovative thought, Berkeley posits that visual experience is not merely a passive reception of light but is actively shaped by the mind's inherent structures. He intricately ... Read more

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  • Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous in Opposition to Sceptics and Atheists

    "Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous in Opposition to Sceptics and Atheists" is a philosophical work by George Berkeley that explores the nature of reality and perception. Through a dialogue format, Berkeley presents the views of Hylas, who represents materialism, and Philonous, who advocates for idealism. The text challenges the skepticism surrounding the existence of the external world ... Read more

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  • Berkeley's Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous

    Berkeley uses the Socratic mode of inquiry in "Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous" to question fundamental beliefs about knowledge and reality. These dialogues are between Hylas (whose name is derived from the ancient Greek word for matter) and Philonous, whose name means "lover of mind." The new physical sciences developed in the seventeenth century supported the materialism proposed by ... Read more

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  • An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision

    "An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision" by George Berkeley explores the nature of human perception, particularly how we understand sight and distance. Berkeley challenges the traditional views of vision, arguing that our visual experiences are not direct reflections of the external world but rather depend on our sensory experiences and mental interpretations. He posits that vision is ... Read more

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  • A Treatise Concerning The Principles of Human Knowledge

    The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy, science, Religion, folklore, mythology, history, literature, politics and sacred texts, in addition to Secret and esoteric subjects, such as: occult, freemasonry, alchemy, hermetic, ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous

    Narrated by Digital Voice Martin G ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 49 min

    This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.First published in 1713, this work was designed as a vivid and persuasive presentation of the remarkable picture of reality that Berkeley had first presented two years earlier in his Principles of Human Knowledge. His central claim there, as here, was that physical things consist of nothing but ideas in minds-- that the world is not material but mental ... Read more

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  • The Querist

    "The Querist" is a philosophical work by George Berkeley that delves into the nature of human understanding and the principles of knowledge. In this text, Berkeley explores the relationship between perception and reality, arguing that our understanding of the world is fundamentally shaped by our sensory experiences. He challenges the materialist view of existence, proposing instead that the mind ... Read more

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    Principles of Human Knowledge

    Narrated by Digital Voice Martin G ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 33 min

    This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Through reflection or introspection, is it possible to attempt to know if a sound, shape, movement, or color can exist unperceived by a mind? This book largely seeks to refute the claims made by Berkeley's contemporary John Locke about the nature of human perception. Both Locke and Berkeley agreed that there was an outside world, and it was this world ... Read more

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  • A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge

    A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge is a 1710 work, in English, by Irish Empiricist philosopher George Berkeley. This book largely seeks to refute the claims made by Berkeley's contemporary John Locke about the nature of human perception. Whilst, like all the Empiricist philosophers, both Locke and Berkeley agreed that we are having experiences, regardless of whether material ... Read more

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  • The Analyst: A Discourse Addressed to an Infidel Mathematician

    THOUGH I am a Stranger to your Person, yet I am not, Sir, a Stranger to the Reputation you have acquired, in that branch of Learning which hath been your peculiar Study; nor to the Authority that you therefore assume in things foreign to your Profession, nor to the Abuse that you, and too many more of the like Charader, are known to make of such undue Authority, to the misleading of unwary Persons ... Read more

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