George Berkeley
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Anglo-Irish philosopher and bishop (1685 to 1753); author of A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge.
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Most if not all of philosophy's difficulties are probably of philosophers' own making (opens korrents.com)
“Upon the whole, I am inclined to think that the far greater part, if not all, of those difficulties which have hitherto amused philosophers, and blocked up the way to knowledge, are entirely owing to ourselves--that we…”
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Abstract general ideas, like motion that is neither fast nor slow, cannot be conceived (opens korrents.com)
“I cannot by any effort of thought conceive the abstract idea above described. And it is equally impossible for me to form the abstract idea of motion distinct from the body moving, and which is neither swift nor slow,…”
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Knowledge is within reach once we look past words, not through learned research (opens korrents.com)
“In vain do we extend our view into the heavens and pry into the entrails of the earth, in vain do we consult the writings of learned men and trace the dark footsteps of antiquity--we need only draw the curtain of…”
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Most if not all of philosophy's difficulties are probably of philosophers' own making (opens korrents.com)