A Treatise Concerning The Principles of Human Knowledge

by George Berkeley

Overview

This collection chronicles the fiction and non fiction classics by the greatest writers the world has ever known. The inclusion of both popular as well as overlooked pieces is pivotal to providing a broad and representative collection of classic works.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461072195
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	04/27/2011
Pages:	68
Product dimensions:	7.99(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.14(d)

About the Author

George Berkeley (1685-1753), also known as Bishop Berkeley, was one of the three great British empiricist philosophers. Born near Thomastown, Ireland, he was educated at Kilkenny College and attended Trinity College in Dublin, where he remained as a tutor and lecturer after the competion of his Master's degree in 1707. In 1734, he was appointed Bishop of Cloyne in Ireland. He is best known for his doctrine of immaterialism, the idea that reality has no material existence outside of the mind. Berkeley's major works include An Essay towards a New Theory of Vision, A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, and Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous. Jonathan Cowley is a British actor hailing from Eastbourne, East Sussex, but he currently calls Los Angeles home. He received an AudioFile Earphones Award for his narration of The Tower, the Zoo and the Tortoise by Julia Stuart. He has narrated many audiobooks and can also be heard on both sides of the Atlantic narrating film trailers and documentaries.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Introductory Material
How to Use this Book Editor's Introduction
1. Preamble
2. Berkeley's Life
3. The Target (or, What Berkeley didn't Believe)
4. Berkeley's Metaphysical Picture
5. What Happens in the Principles?
6. The Arguments of Principles 1-24
7. Berkeley's Attack on the Doctrine of Abstract Ideas
8. Abstract Ideas in the Principles
9. The Existence of God
10. Physical Reality
11. Scepticism
12. Berkeley and the Progress of Science
13. The Nature of Spirits
14. Berkeley's Intellectual Antecedents
15. The Berkeley-Johnson Correspondence The Text Printed in this Edition; Bibliography and Further Reading; Analysis of the Principles
Part 2: The Texts
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge Preface Introduction On the Principles of Human Knowledge Part I The Berkeley-Johnson Correspondence Johnson to Berkeley, 10 September 1729
Berkeley to Johnson, 25 November 1729
Johnson to Berkeley , 5 February 1730
Berkeley to Johnson , 24 March 1730
Part 3: Glossary, Notes, and Index
Glossary Notes to the Principles
Notes to the Berkeley-Johnson Correspondence Index