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George Berkeley, born on March 12, 1685, and died on January 12, 1753, was a renowned philosopher of the 18th century. He is best known for his idealist philosophy, advocating the view that existence is dependent on perception. His major works include 'Principles of Human Knowledge' and 'A New Theory of Vision'.

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Famous George Berkeley Quotes

“Casting an eye on the education of children, from whence I can make a judgment of my own, I observe they are instructed in religious matters before they can reason about them, and consequently that all such instruction is nothing else but filling the tender mind of a child with prejudices.”

Mind Children I Can Matter Reason Eye Religion Religious My Own Education Judgment Prejudice Instruction Casting Filling

Book:Works: Account of His Life and Letters

Source: Works: Account of His Life and Letters

“I might as well doubt of my own being, as of the being of those things I actually see and feel.”

Feels Wells Might My Own Existence Doubt

Book:Berkeley: Philosophical Writings

Source: Berkeley: Philosophical Writings

“How often must I repeat, that I know or am conscious of my own being; and that I myself am not my ideas, but somewhat else, a thinking, active principle that perceives, knows, wills, and operates about ideas?”

Thinking Knows Ideas My Own Existence Consciousness Principles Perception Conscious Active Perceive Repeats

Book:Works: Account of His Life and Letters

Source: Works: Account of His Life and Letters

“For my own private satisfaction, I had rather be master of my own time than wear a diadem.”

My Own Masters Independence Satisfaction

Author:George Berkeley

“So long as I confine my thoughts to my own ideas divested of words, I do not see how I can be easily mistaken.”

Long I Can Ideas My Own Philosophical Mistaken My Thoughts

Book:The Works of George Berkeley: Including His Letters to Thomas Prior, Dean Gervais, Mr. Pope, Etc. : to which is Prefixed an Account of His Life

Source: The Works of George Berkeley: Including His Letters to Thomas Prior, Dean Gervais, Mr. Pope, Etc. : to which is Prefixed an Account of His Life

“From my own being, and from the dependency I find in myself and my ideas, I do, by an act of reason, necessarily infer the existence of a God, and of all created things in the mind of God.”

Mind Ideas Reason My Own Existence Dependency

Book:The Works of George Berkeley, D.D., Bishop of Cloyne: Including His Letters to Thomas Prior, Esq., Dean Gervais, Mr. Pope, &c., &c. ; to which is Prefixed an Account of His Life

Source: The Works of George Berkeley, D.D., Bishop of Cloyne: Including His Letters to Thomas Prior, Esq., Dean Gervais, Mr. Pope, &c., &c. ; to which is Prefixed an Account of His Life