George Berkeley

 George Berkeley- 

George Berkeley was born in Ireland on March 12,1685. He was educated in Trinity college, Dublin at the age of 15. Berkeley got his B.A in 1704. He was elected to a junior fellowship in 1707. Berkeley's philosophical's were published when he was still in his twenties. his first published work was  An essay towards a new theory of vision which was published in 1709. Which he discussed about the human vision and advanced the theory that the proper objects of sight are not material objects, but light and color. He published another of his philosophies in 1710, which is called  A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge. After is poor reception he wrote a dialogue form and published, the title was under  Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous in 1713.

In this book his view's were represented by Philonous. Berkely argued against Issac newton's doctrine of absolute space published in 1721. In 1732 he published aliphron. In 1734 he published The Analyst a critique of calculus. His last major philosophical work was siris in 1744, begins by advocating the medical use of tar water.

 5 Quotes of George Berkeley 

- " A mind at liberty to reflect on its own observations, if it produce nothing useful to the world, seldom fails of entertainment to itself." - George Berkeley

- " Other's indeed may talk, and write, and fight about liberty, and make an outward pretence to it; but the free-thinker alone is truly free." - George Berkeley

- " All the choir of heaven and furniture of earth in a world, all those bodies which compose the frame of the world- have not any subsistence without a mind." - George Berkeley

- " That neither our thoughts, nor passions nor ideas formed by the imagination, exist without the mind, is what everybody will allow." - George Berkeley

- " He whos says there is no such thing as an honest man, nay be sure is himself a knave." - George Berkeley