...sciences. " It is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing among men," writes Berkeley, with amusing naivete, "that houses, mountains, rivers, and in a word all...from their being perceived by the understanding." " Is it not plainly repugnant that any one of these, or any combination of them, should exist unperceived...

...sections of his Principles of Human Knowledge, that " it is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men that houses, mountains, rivers, and, in...from their being perceived by the understanding." This is striking a false keynote. It rouses the reader to oppose a coming paradox. Yet Berkeley foresaw...

..."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...

...them." " The vulgar opinion involves a contradiction. It is, indeed, an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and in...be entertained in the world, yet whoever shall find it in his heart to call it in question, may, if I mistake not, perceive it to involve a manifest contradiction...

...involves a contradiction. It is, indeed, an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, v mountains, rivers, and in a word all sensible objects,...be entertained in the world, yet whoever shall find it in his heart to call it in question, may, if I mistake not, perceive it to involve a manifest contradiction...

...which our perception is a mere accident. As Berkeley puts it, it is " an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and,...from their being perceived by the understanding." It is in this external or spacial existence that the reality of things consists ; and any proposition...

...quite opposed to the other. Berkeley, for example. speaks of " an opinion strangely prevailing among men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and, in a word,...from their being perceived by the understanding." Here then, Berkeley opposes his own ideal things to the " natural or real" things which attach to the...