George Berkeley
An empiricist who famously argued for subjective idealism, stating 'Esse est percipi' ('To be is to be perceived').
Quotes by George Berkeley
We perceive distance by the help of motion.
The soul is the same in all living creatures, though the body of each is different.
Time, place, and motion are not absolute but relative.
Absolute space is a mere idea, not a real thing.
Infidelity is a disease of the intellect.
The fire that warms us is not the same as the fire that burns us.
Nothing can be plainer than that the motions, figures, and qualities of objects are perceived by the senses.
The mind of man is a mirror of the divine.
Philosophy is the study of the soul.
Happiness consists in the enjoyment of inactive pleasures.
The chain of causes and effects is endless.
Light is the most ancient and universal emblem of the divine.
We see a man; we do not see his soul.
The existence of God is the most important truth.
Skepticism is the most absurd of all positions.
The senses are the windows of the soul.
Virtue is the habit of doing good to others.
Atheism is against not only religion but philosophy.
The mathematician is a mere machine.
Ghosts and fairies are real, but only in the mind.