Irish philosopher (1685-1753)
To one who regards things with a philosophical eye, and hath a soul capable of being delighted with the sense that truth and knowledge prevail among men, it must be a grateful reflection to think that the sublimest truths, which among the heathens only here and there one of brighter parts and more leisure than ordinary could attain to, are now grown familiar to the meanest inhabitants of these nations.
GEORGE BERKELEY
The Works of George Berkeley
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
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
Our youth we can have but to-day,
We may always find time to grow old.
GEORGE BERKELEY
Can Love be controlled by Advice?
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
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