Geburtsdatum | Montag, 12. März 1685 |
Geburtsort | Dysart Castle, near Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland |
Todesort | Oxford |
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Beschreibung | George Berkeley (/ˈbɑːrkli/; 12 March 1685 – 14 January 1753) – known as Bishop Berkeley (Bishop of Cloyne of the Anglican Church of Ireland) – was an Anglo-Irish philosopher whose primary achievement was the advancement of a theory he called "immaterialism" (later referred to as "subjective idealism" by others). This theory denies the existence of material substance and instead contends that familiar objects like tables and chairs are ideas perceived by the mind and, as a result, cannot exist without being perceived. Berkeley is also known for his critique of abstraction, an important premise in his argument for immaterialism. |
The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to common sense.
Others indeed may talk, and write, and fight about liberty, and make an outward pretence to it but the free-thinker alone is truly free.
