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A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge | George Berkeley
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"This book discusses the principles of human knowledge. Topics covered include: I. Berkeley's Life and Writings; II. The Precursors of Berkeley; III. Summaries of Berkeley's System; IV. Berkeleyanism, its Friends, Affinities, and Influence; (…more)
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"Ancient and rooted prejudices do often pass into principles; and those propositions which once obtain the force and credit of a principle, are not only themselves, but likewise whatever is deductible from them, thought privileged from all examination. And there is no absurdity so gross, which, by this means, the mind of man may not be prepared to swallow."

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