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Category : German literature
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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A Bibliography of George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne
Author: George Berkeley
Author: Tom JonesPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691217483
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
A comprehensive intellectual biography of the Enlightenment philosopher In George Berkeley: A Philosophical Life, Tom Jones provides a comprehensive account of the life and work of the preeminent Irish philosopher of the Enlightenment. From his early brilliance as a student and fellow at Trinity College Dublin to his later years as Bishop of Cloyne, Berkeley brought his searching and powerful intellect to bear on the full range of eighteenth-century thought and experience. Jones brings vividly to life the complexities and contradictions of Berkeley’s life and ideas. He advanced a radical immaterialism, holding that the only reality was minds, their thoughts, and their perceptions, without any physical substance underlying them. But he put forward this counterintuitive philosophy in support of the existence and ultimate sovereignty of God. Berkeley was an energetic social reformer, deeply interested in educational and economic improvement, including for the indigenous peoples of North America, yet he believed strongly in obedience to hierarchy and defended slavery. And although he spent much of his life in Ireland, he followed his time at Trinity with years of travel that took him to London, Italy, and New England, where he spent two years trying to establish a university for Bermuda, before returning to Ireland to take up an Anglican bishopric in a predominantly Catholic country. Jones draws on the full range of Berkeley’s writings, from philosophical treatises to personal letters and journals, to probe the deep connections between his life and work. The result is a richly detailed and rounded portrait of a major Enlightenment thinker and the world in which he lived.
The Works of George Berkeley, D.D
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ISBN: 9781331201496
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 534
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Excerpt from The Works of George Berkeley, D.D: Bishop of Cloyne; To Which Are Added, an Account of His Life, and Several of His Letters to Thomas Prior, Esq., Dean Gervais, Mr. Pope, &C About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Works of George Berkeley, D.D., Bishop of Cloyne
Author: George BerkeleyPublisher:
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Category : Idealism
Languages : en
Pages : 606
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The Early Reception of Berkeley’s Immaterialism 1710–1733
Author: Harry M. BrackenPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401035679
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
By the time of Immanuel Kant, Berkeley had been called, among other things, a sceptic, an atheist, a solipsist, and an idealist. In our own day, however, the suggestion has been advanced that Berkeley is better understood if interpreted as a realist and man of common sense. Regardless of whether in the end one decides to treat him as a sub jective idealist or as a realist, I think it has become appropriate to inquire how Berkeley's own contemporaries viewed his philosophy. Heretofore the generally accepted account has been that they ignored him, roughly from the time he published the Principles of Human Knowledge until 1733 when Andrew Baxter's criticism appeared. The aim of the present study is to correct that account as well as to give some indication not only of the extent, but more importantly, the role and character of several of the earliest discussions. Secondarily, I have tried to give some clues as to the influence this early material may have had in forming the image of the "good" Bishop that emerged in the second half of the eighteenth century. For it is my hope that such clues may prove helpful in freeing us from the more severe strictures of the traditional interpretive dogmas.
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1318
Book Description
Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.
British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
Author: A History of English Autobiography
Author: Adam SmythPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107078415
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
This History explores the genealogy of autobiographical writing in England from the medieval period to the digital era.
Catalogue of the Publications of the University of California Press
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Languages : en
Pages : 1358
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The Dictionary of National Biography, Founded in 1882 by George Smith
Author: Sir Leslie StephenPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1486
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