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George Berkeley Quotes

George Berkeley quotes

Irish Philosopher March 12, 1685 – January 14, 1753

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Others indeed may talk, and write, and fight about liberty, and make an outward pretence to it; but the free-thinker alone is truly free. George Berkeley
From my own being, and from the dependency I find in myself and my ideas, I do, by an act of reason, necessarily infer the existence of a God, and of all created things in the mind of God. George Berkeley
The eye by long use comes to see even in the darkest cavern: and there is no subject so obscure but we may discern some glimpse of truth by long poring on it. George Berkeley
That neither our thoughts, nor passions, nor ideas formed by the imagination, exist without the mind, is what every body will allow. George Berkeley
George Berkeley quote: "...we ought to think with the learned, and speak with the vulgar."
...we ought to think with the learned, and speak with the vulgar. George Berkeley
George Berkeley quote: "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it,..."
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? George Berkeley
George Berkeley quote: "Few men think; yet all have opinions."
Few men think; yet all have opinions. George Berkeley
A mind at liberty to reflect on its own observations, if it produce nothing useful to the world, seldom fails of entertainment to itself. George Berkeley
All the choir of heaven and furniture of earth - in a word, all those bodies which compose the frame of the world - have not any subsistence without a mind. George Berkeley
If we admit a thing so extraordinary as the creation of this world, it should seem that we admit something strange, and odd, and new to human apprehension, beyond any other miracle whatsoever. George Berkeley
George Berkeley quote: "The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism,..."
The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to common sense. George Berkeley
George Berkeley quote: "I had rather be an oyster than a man, the most stupid and..."
I had rather be an oyster than a man, the most stupid and senseless of animals. George Berkeley
George Berkeley quote: "Truth is the cry of all, but the game of few."
Truth is the cry of all, but the game of few. George Berkeley
That thing of hell and eternal punishment is the most absurd, as well as the most disagreeable thought that ever entered into the head of mortal man. George Berkeley
George Berkeley quote: "So long as I confine my thoughts to my own ideas divested of..."
So long as I confine my thoughts to my own ideas divested of words, I do not see how I can be easily mistaken. George Berkeley

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