Berkeley's major philosophical works : notes

The noted eighteenth-century philosopher Charles Berkeley argues that matter, as it is generally defined, does not exist. See how his collected writings call into question the materialistic leanings of such noted freethinkers as Thomas Hobbes and John Toland. Preliminaries......Page 1 LIFE AND BACKGROUND OF THE AUTHOR......Page 3 INTRODUCTION TO BERKELEY'S WORKS......Page 9 ESSAY TOWARDS A NEW THEORY OF VISION......Page 12 A TREATISE CONCERNING THE PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE......Page 17 THREE DIALOGUES BETWEEN HYLAS AND PHILONOUS......Page 31 ALCIPHRON: MORAL AND RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY......Page 35 SIRIS: BERKELEY'S LATEST METAPHYSICAL THEORY......Page 42 THE PERMANENT SIGNIFICANCE OF BERKELEY'S PHILOSOPHY......Page 48 ESSAY TOPICS AND REVIEW QUESTIONS......Page 56 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 59 Includes an introduction and biographical sketch, a treatise concerning the principles of human knowledge, Alciphron: Moral and religious philosophy, the permanent significance of Berkeley's philosophy, and more