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The Works of George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne, eds. A. Luce and T. Jessop, London, Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. (1948-1957)Alciphron, in "Alciphron: or the Minute Philosopher" The Works of George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne, eds. A. Luce and T. Jessop, London, Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. (1948-1957)"An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision" The Works of George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne, eds. A. Luce and T. Jessop, London, Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. (1948-1957)Crito, in "Alciphron: or the Minute Philosopher" The Works of George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne, eds. A. Luce and T. Jessop, London, Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. (1948-1957)Euphranor, in "Alciphron: or the Minute Philosopher" The Works of George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne, eds. A. Luce and T. Jessop, London, Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. (1948-1957)

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In short, if there were external bodies, it is impossible we should ever come to know it; and if there were not, we might have the very same reasons to think there were that we have now.

George Berkeley

George Berkeley (1685–1753), Irish divine, philosopher. Principles of Human Knowledge, part I, sec. 20, Philosophical Works, ed. Michael R. Ayers, Everyman, J.M. Dent, London (1993).

Berkeley's view of what is wrong with philosophy.

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