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![]() ![]() These were in addition to more typical issues such as the multiple uses of languages. For example, the notion of matter involves a contradiction in it, a true idea of something such as motion is impossible, and some ideas are intricately tied to others such as how the idea of pure space exclusive of all body seems impossible. However, in this case, this was also a bit close minded, which is not a trait that I would typically ascribe to those who acquaint themselves with philosophy.īerkeley points out various issues throughout. I must note here that I sincerely appreciate it when those who espouse a philosophy also act in accordance to it. True to his statements, Berkeley went so far as to deliberately avoid using the ideas of others and instead use only those ideas and words that were his. The diagnosis of the problem of knowledge, according to Berkeley, is that of words. "In vain do we extend our view into the heavens, and pry into the entrails of the earth, in vain do we consult the writings of learned men, and trace the dark footsteps of antiquity we need only draw the curtain of words, to behold the fairest tree of knowledge, whose fruit is excellent, and within the reach of our hand." ![]()
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