...should have any existence out of the minds of thinking bcings which perecive them."f " It is indced an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and, in a word, all visible objects, have an existence natural or real, distinct from thcir bcing perecived by the understanding....

...it possible they should have any existence out of the minds of thinking beings which perceive them. It is, indeed, an opinion strangely prevailing amongst...distinct from their being perceived by the understanding. But with how great an assurance and acquiescence soever this principle may be entertained in the world,...

...denied, never suspecting that Matter, in its philosophical sense, is the not seen, not tasted, not touched. Berkeley has not, it must be confessed, sufficiently...keynote. It rouses the reader to oppose a coming paradox. Yet Berkeley foresaw and answered the objections which Wimpey, Beattie, Reid, and others brought forward....

..."It is an opinion," he observes, in "The Principles of Human Knowledge," " strongly prevailing among men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and, in a word, all sensible objects. have an existence natural, real, distinct from their being perceived by the understanding. What are the forementioned objects...

...is an opinion," he observes, in " The Principles of Human % Knowledge," " strongly prevailing among men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and, in a word, all sensible objects, have an existence natural, real, distinct from their being perceived by the understanding. What are the forementioned objects...

..."It is an opinion," he observes, in " The Principles of Human Knowledge," " strongly prevailing among men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and, in a word, all sensible objects, have an existence natural, real, distinct from their being perceived by the understanding. What are the forementioned objects...

...that the vulgar were virtually on his side, after calling it " an opinion strangely prevailing among men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and in a word...from their being perceived by the understanding."* If the philosopher have the temerity to question the vulgar on this subject, can he extract from them...

...of the minds or thinking things which perceive them." " The vulgar opinion involves a contradiction. It is, indeed, an opinion strangely prevailing amongst...distinct from their being perceived by the understanding. But with how great an assurance and acquiescence soever this principle may be entertained in the world,...

...perceiving them or not, and of which our perception is a mere accident. As Berkeley puts it, it is " an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that...from their being perceived by the understanding." It is in this external or spacial existence that the reality of things consists ; and any proposition...

...involves a contradiction. It is, indeed, an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, v mountains, rivers, and in a word all sensible objects,...distinct from their being perceived by the understanding. But with how great an assurance and acquiescence soever this principle may be entertained in the world,...