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And as the eye perceiveth the one, so the mind doth by a certain interior sense perceive the other, which sense, talent, or faculty, is ever quickest and purest in the noblest minds. George Berkeley. Beauty, Beautiful, Eye. George Berkeley (1752). “Alciphron: Or, The Minute Philosopher.
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Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day: Time's noblest offspring is the last.
When discussing how Berkeley's philosophy appeared to be self-evidently false, but impossible to refute, Dr. Johnson kicked out at a nearby stone, exclaiming "I refute it thus!"
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Browse 69 sourced quotes by the Irish philosopher George Berkeley (1685-1753) on topics such as mind, perception, immaterialism, liberty, and religion. See his wit, wisdom, and criticism of materialism and scepticism.
George Berkeley. I had rather be an oyster than a man, the most stupid and senseless of animals. George Berkeley. Every knave is a thorough knave, and a thorough knave is a knave throughout. George Berkeley. A ray of imagination or of wisdom may enlighten the universe, and glow into remotest centuries. George Berkeley.
Every knave is a thorough knave, and a thorough knave is a knave throughout. George Berkeley (1837). “Works: Account of His Life and Letters”, p.362. Man is an Animal, formidable both from his Passions and his Reason; his Passions often urging him to great Evils, and his Reason furnishing Means to achieve them.
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