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A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge

by Alfred Klemmt · 1710

Essays · ranked #7 in category

In this exceptional work, Berkeley makes the striking claim that physical things consist of nothing but ideas and therefore do not exist outside the mind. This claim establishes him as the founder of

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Essays
First published
1710 · 1710s
Author
Alfred Klemmt
Standing
Recommended

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