A treatise concerning the principles of human knowledge
By: George Berkeley ; edited by Jonathan Dancy.
Contributors: Dancy, Jonathan.
Series: Oxford philosophical texts
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
Subjects: Knowledge, Theory of.
Other titles: Principles of human knowledge
Description: In this exceptional work, Berkeley makes the striking claim that physical things consist of nothing but ideas and therefore do not exist outside the mind. This claim establishes him as the founder of the idealist tradition in philosophy. The text printed in the volume is the 1734 edition of the Principles, which represents Berkeley's mature thought. Also included are four important letters between George Berkeley and Samuel Johnson, written between 1799 and 1730. This edition of Berkeley's most famous work provides readers with a thorough introduction to the central ideas of tone of the world's greatest philosophers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-227) and index.