GEORGE BERKELEY QUOTES IV

Irish philosopher (1685-1753)

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

Siris


Our youth we can have but to-day,
We may always find time to grow old.

GEORGE BERKELEY

Can Love be controlled by Advice?

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There is a restless endeavour in the mind of man after Happiness. This appetite is wrought into the original frame of our nature, and exerts itself in all parts of the creation that are endued with any degree of thought or sense. But, as the human mind is dignified by a more comprehensive faculty than can be found in the inferior animals, it is natural for men not only to have an eye each to his own happiness, but also to endeavour to promote that of others.

GEORGE BERKELEY

The Works of George Berkeley

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I am not for imposing any sense on your words: you are at liberty to explain them as you please. Only, I beseech you, make me understand something by them.

GEORGE BERKELEY

Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous

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To suppose sense in the world would be gross and unwarranted. But locomotive faculties are evident in all its parts.

GEORGE BERKELEY

Alciphron; or, The Minute Philosopher in Seven Dialogues


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

The Principles of Human Knowledge