...of any body its esse is percipi, and goes on to state, " it is an opinion strangely prevalent among men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and in a word,...perceived by the understanding. But with how great assurance s.oever these principles may be received in the world, whoever shall call it in question...

...But to proceed with the Bishop. " It is indeed," says he, " an opinion strangely prevalent amongst men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and in a word, all sensible objects have an exi stence, natural or real, distinct from their being perceived by the understanding." (And who will...

...hollow and glass shrill. Yet, as Berkeley remarks, " it is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing among men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and in a word,...from their being perceived by the understanding." But ask of such a believer a reason for the faith that is in him. What is that matter, for the existence...

...world as is commonly believed to exist, is absurd. " It is indeed an opinion strongly prevailing among men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and, in a word,...from their being perceived by the understanding." Principles of Human Knowledge, $ 4. " From what has been said, it follows, there is not any other substance...

...expose the fallacy of " the opinion strangely prevailing among men. that houses, mountains, rivers, &c., in a word, all sensible objects have an existence...distinct from their being perceived by the understanding ! " These, however, were only the whimsies and the reveries of fallible men. It remained for the sages...

...hollow, and glass shrill. Yet, as Berkeley remarks, " it is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing among men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and in a word,...from their being perceived by the understanding." But ask of such a believer a reason for the faith that is in him. What is that matter, for the existence...

...hollow, and glass shrill. Yet, as Berkeley remarks, " it is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing among men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and in a word,...from their being perceived by the understanding." But ask of such a believer a reason for the faith that is in him. What is that matter, for the existence...

...The vulgar opinion involves a contradiction. — It is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and in a word...distinct from their being perceived by the understanding, liut with how great an assurance and acquiescence soever this principle may be entertained in the world...

...Idealism:' the best defence of Berkeley we have read, and written with perfect mastery of the subject. in a word, all sensible objects, have an existence,...from their being perceived by the understanding." This is striking the keynote false. It rouses the reader to oppose a coming paradox. Yet Berkeley foresaw...

...minds or thinking things which perceive them. It is, indeed, an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and, in a word,...from their being perceived by the understanding." (Principles of Human Knowledge, | 3 et seq.) The language here employed Hounds so much like banter,...