Born: Mar. 12, 1685 - Dysert Castle, Kilkenny, Ireland
Died: Jan. 14, 1753 - Oxford, England
Berkeley graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in 1704 and came to England in 1713. He travelled abroad, including three years in America from 1728. He was bishop of Cloyne in Ireland from 1734 until 1752 when he returned to Oxford in retirement. His radical theory of perception "to be is to be perceived" was expanded in probably his most famous work, Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision published in 1709. His other works included A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (1710), Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous (1713), Alciphron (1732) and the Querist (1735-37) which dealt with social reform.
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The Analyst (Illustrated)
1734
29
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A Defence of Free-Thinking in Mathematics
1735
20
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An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision
1709
32
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The Querist
1735
56
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Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonus
1713
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A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
1710
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