Philosopher · Early modern period · Ireland
George Berkeley
1685–1753
Irish thinker and Anglican Bishop of Cloyne who argued that to be is to be perceived: matter does not exist apart from minds. His immaterialism was meant to defend religion against skepticism. He lived 1685 to 1753.
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- Born
- 1685, near Kilkenny, Ireland.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, George Berkeley
- Died
- 1753, Oxford, England.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, George Berkeley
- School
- Empiricism, turned into immaterialism.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, George Berkeley
- Known for
- Esse est percipi, to be is to be perceived. The tree in the quad stands because God perceives it.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, George Berkeley
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