„From what has been said, ‚tis evident, there is not any other Substance than Spirit or that which perceives.“ (§ 7) #Berkeley #Spirit
„Beside the external Existence of the Objects of Perception, another great Source of Errors and Difficulties, with regard to Ideal Knowlege, is the Doctrine of Abstract Ideas„. (§ 97) #Berkeley #AbstractIdeas
„Nothing seems of more Importance, towards Erecting a firm System of sound and real Knowlege, which may be Proof against the Assaults of Scepticism, than to lay the beginning in a distinct Explication, of what is meant by Thing, Reality, Existence: For in vain shall we Dispute, concerning the real Existence of Things, or pretend to any Knowlege thereof, so long as we have not fix’d the meaning of those Words. Thing or Being is the most general Name of all, it comprehends under it two Kinds intirely distinct and heterogeneous, and which have nothing common but the Name, viz. Spirits and Ideas. The former are Active, Indivisible, Incorruptible Substances: The latter are Inert, Fleeting, Perishable Passions, or Dependent Beings, which subsist not by themselves, but are supported by, or Exist in Minds or Spiritual Substances.“ (§89) #Berkeley #knowlege
„Philosophy being nothing else but the study of Wisdom and Truth, it may with reason be expected, that those who have spent most Time and Pains in it shou’d enjoy a greater calm and serenity of Mind, a greater clearness and evidence of Knowlege, and be less disturb’d with Doubts and Difficulties than other Men.“ (§1) #Berkeley #philosophy #wisdom #truth
„Ideas imprinted on the Senses are real Things, or do really Exist, this we do not deny, but we deny they can subsist without the Minds which perceive them, or that they are Resemblances of any Archetypes Existing without the Mind: Since the very Being of a Sensation or Idea consists in being perceived, and an Idea can be like nothing but an Idea.“ (§90) #Berkeley #ideas #sensation