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George Berkeley   /dʒɔrdʒ bˈərkli/   Listen
George Berkeley

noun
1.
Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop who opposed the materialism of Thomas Hobbes (1685-1753).  Synonyms: Berkeley, Bishop Berkeley.






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"George Berkeley" Quotes from Famous Books



... Rev. Dr. George Berkeley, then Dean of Derry, in Ireland, came to America, and resided a year or two at Newport, Rhode Island, "where," says Clap, in his History of Yale College, "he purchased a country seat, with about ninety-six acres of land." On his return to London, in 1733, ...
— A Collection of College Words and Customs • Benjamin Homer Hall

... Masters were Sir Julius Caesar, Master of the Rolls; Sir Robert Acton; Dr. Coxe; three Montague brothers, Walter, Henry, and George; Lord Brownker; the Earl of Feversham; Sir Henry Newton, Judge of the High Court of Admiralty; the Hon. George Berkeley; and Sir James Butler. The Brothers had been re-established—their names are enumerated by Ducarel—one or two of them were clerks in orders, but all the rest were laymen. They still received the old stipend of L8 a year, with a small house. As for the rest of ...
— As We Are and As We May Be • Sir Walter Besant

... de Banville Anna Laetitia Barbauld Richard Harris Barham Jane Barlow Joel Barlow James Matthew Barrie Frederic Bastiat Charles Baudelaire Lord Beaconsfield Beaumarchais Francis Beaumont William Beckford Ludwig van Beethoven Jeremy Bentham George Berkeley Hector Berlioz Saint Bernard of Clairvaux Juliana Berners Walter Besant Henri Beyle ...
— Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol 4 • Charles Dudley Warner



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