Well Im doing an essay on why George berkeley contructed his
philosophy. Im doing it from a religious standpoint, but i need more
expansion. Also i need some examples of how i can relate to
materialism and idealism with personal thoughts. Can anyone help
please?

On Feb 24, 1:44 am, platinumnic...@gmail.com wrote:

If you can find a copy, I'd urge you to read a paperback called: /The
Age of
Enlightenment/ (by Isaiah Berlin, Mentor, 1956), which was part of a
popular series on philosophy. Berlin does a good job of showing
Berkeley's theory as a rational response to Locke's.

One important point Berlin makes clear is that Berkeley's main thesis
- that we can be aware only of ideas - is already found full-blown in
Locke; and therefore already enjoyed wide popular acceptance. Here's
how he puts it in a penultimate paragraph:

Have you already read the following texts:

- http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/berkeley

- http://www.iep.utm.edu/b/berkeley.htm

?

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