George Berkeley (12 March 1685 - 14 January 1753), also known as Bishop Berkeley, was an influential Irish philosopher whose primary philosophical achievement is the advancement of a theory he called "immaterialism" (later referred to as "subjective idealism" by others). This theory, summed up in his dictum, "Esse est percipi" ("To be is to be perceived"), contends that individuals can only directly know sensations and ideas of objects, … Wikipedia
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Everything / History & Politics / Historical Figures Created: 3rd February 2005 George Berkeley, Empiricist Philosopher and Bishop Front Page What is h2g2? www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A3472986
George Berkeley was one of the three most famous eighteenth century British Empiricists (see LOCKE, JOHN and HUME, DAVID). www.utm.edu/research/iep/b/berkeley.htm
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George Berkeley is associated with two great things. The one is Trinity College Dublin, one of the world's great seats of learning, to which he was, at various times (when not engaged in his scheme 'for converting the savage Americans to Christianity' by www.btinternet.com/~glynhughes/squashed/berkeley.htm
