A treatise concerning the principles of human knowledge

Alternate Titles

• Three dialogues between Hylas and Philonous.

Description

In this exceptional work, Berkeley makes the striking claim that physical things consist of nothing but ideas and therefore do not exist outside the mind. This claim establishes him as the founder of the idealist tradition in philosophy. The text printed in the volume is the 1734 edition of the Principles, which represents Berkeley's mature thought. Also included are four important letters between George Berkeley and Samuel Johnson, written between 1799 and 1730. This edition of Berkeley's most famous work provides readers with a thorough introduction to the central ideas of tone of the world's greatest philosophers.

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Other Editions

• A treatise concerning the principles of human knowledge: wherein the chief causes of error and difficulty in the sciences, with the grounds of scepticism, atheism, and irreligion, are inquired into. First printed in the year 1710. To which are added Three dialogues between Hylas and Philonous, in opposition to scepticks and atheists. First printed in the year 1713.Printed for J. Tonson1734-01-01
• The principles of human knowledgeW. Tegg1878-01-01
• A treatise concerning the principles of human knowledge.Open court pub. co.1904-01-01
• A treatise concerning the principles of human knowledgeOpen Court Pub. Co.1907-01-01
• The principles of human knowledgeDutton1907-01-01
• A treatise concerning the principles of human knowledgePrinted by A. Rhames for J. Pepyat1928-01-01