George Bishop Berkeley (9 results)

30pp disbound pamphlet. 'With the editor's ' (Reduced postage).

No Date. J.M. Dent/E.P. Dutton. Hard Cover. Book- VG, discolouration on front & back, gilt titles on spine. 7x4.5. 303pp.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Continuum Studies In British Philosophy; The first essay in David Berman's new collection examines the full range of Berkeley's achievement, looking not only at his classic works of 1709-1713, but also Alciphron (1732) and his final book, the enigmatic Siris (1744). The book also examines a key problem in Berkeley's New Theory of Vision (1709): Why does the moon look larger on the horizon than in the meridian? The third item criticises the view, still uncritically accepted by many, that Berkeley's attacks on materialism are levelled against Locke. Part 2 opens with Berman's two essays of 1982 - the first to show that Berkeley came from a rich and coherent Irish philosophical background. Next comes a discussion of the link between Berkeley and Francis Hutcheson, and particularly their answers to the Molyneux problem, which Berman takes to be the root problem of Irish philosophy. The fourth essay looks at the impact of Golden Age Irish philosophy on eighteenth-century American philosophy, where, again, Berkeley had a central position. The last item examines Berkeley's influence on Samuel Beckett. Part 3 shows the multifaceted nature of Berkeley's career, which is missed by those who concentrate exclusively on his work of 1709-1713. Each section here presents new material on Berkeley's life, or on his works and thought; most of these are new letters, not included in the Luce-Jessop edition of the Works of Berkeley. This volume, therefore, can be seen a supplement to volumes 8 and 9 of the Works and also to Luce's Life of Berkeley.…

Condition: Good. 8vo. Folded Card, Very Good, minor creasing, some staining. Illustrated. Letterpress on laid paper. One of 300 copies of this keepsake, in commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of the birth of George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne, for whom the City of Berkeley was named.

[2], xxiii, [1 (blank)], 215, [1 (blank)] pp. Head- tailpieces. 12mo, in 6s. 6-7/8" x 4" Attributed to Berington by Halkett & Laing (v. I, p. 42). Sometimes attributed, erroneously, to George Berkeley [as is the case here]. General binding wear. Some age toning to paper. Pencil pos to front eps. Lacks rfep. A VG copy of a book now somewhat uncommon on the commercial market. Period brown half-calf with marbled paper boards A later edition of a work first published in London, 1737, as: The Memoirs of Signor Gaudentio de Lucca. …

4to (27.8x19.5cm), hardback, xlii + 485pp. Good condition. No dustwrapper. Cream linen covered boards with leather title panel to spine, upper edge gilt. Lightly bumped at head of spine, bookseller's label at front pastedown, small 0.5cm catch to upper front hinge, very light foxing to endpapers. A nice copy. Pictures available on request.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st American Edition. First American edition, from the fourth London edition. superb rebind in 1/2 calf and marbled boards, raised bands and gilt spine label for title, by Alan Grace of Surrey UK, text is somewhat browned as usual, else a pretty copy rare thus. The subtitle indicates the book is in seven dialogues xiii, 388, [2] pp. Alciphron is a Christian apologetic in answer to the 'minute philosophers' of Berkeley's day, who sought to minimize the the dignity of man. Berkeley is known as an advocate of subjective idealism (which he called immaterialism), which states that objects do not exist unless they are perceived. Perhaps his most well-known work is Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous, in which two characters representing himself and John Locke discuss various philosophical questions. Berkeley lends his name to both a city and a prestigious university in California. George Berkeley, also known as Bishop Berkeley (Bishop of Cloyne) , was an Anglo-Irish philosopher whose primary achievement was the advancement of a theory he called "immaterialism" (later referred to as "subjective idealism" by others). This theory denies the existence of material substance and instead contends that familiar objects like tables and chairs are only ideas in the minds of perceivers, and as a result cannot exist without being perceived. Berkeley is also known for his critique of abstraction, an important premise in his argument for immaterialism. In 1709, Berkeley published his first major work, "An Essay towards a New Theory of Vision," in which he discussed the limitations of human vision and advanced the theory that the proper objects of sight are not material objects, but light and colour. This foreshadowed his chief philosophical work "A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge" in 1710 which, after its poor reception, he rewrote in dialogue form and published under the title "Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous" in 1713. In this book, Berkeley's views were represented by Philonous (Greek: "lover of mind") , while Hylas (Greek: "matter") embodies the Irish thinker's opponents, in particular John Locke. Berkeley argued against Sir Isaac Newton's doctrine of absolute space, time and motion in "De Motu" (On Motion) , published 1721. His arguments were a precursor to the views of Mach and Einstein. In 1732, he published "Alciphron, a Christian Apologetic against the Free-Thinkers," and in 1734, he published "The Analyst, a Critique of the Foundations of Calculus," which was influential in the development of mathematics. His last major philosophical work, "Siris" (1744) , begins by advocating the medicinal use of tar water, and then continues to discuss a wide range of topics including science, philosophy, and theology. Interest in Berkeley's work increased after World War II, because he tackled many of the issues of paramount interest to philosophy in the 20th century such as the problems of perception, the difference between primary and secondary qualities, and the importance of language. By the Binder.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo., Title page, iii-vi, [2] 9-[268] (all collated). Full calf. Spine with raised bands. Covers have gold frames. All joints and hinges slightly worn and/or cracked but covers holding well by strings. Some brown stains to edges of endpapers and first and last few leaves. The spine is darkened but a nice uncomplicated copy overall with a refreshed label.…

2 vols., 8vo, pp. [14], 356; [8], 218; engraved vignette title-pp.; bound with, as issued, An Essay towards a New Theory of Vision, pp. [12], [215]-351; several woodcuts in the text; full contemporary calf, double gilt rules on covers, unlettered spines in 6 compartments, volume designations in 1; some moderate chipping and cracking of the spines, but all in all a good, and reasonably sound set. Rothschild 372 citing the first edition of the same year: "Alciphron was written in America, where Berkeley had gone to await funds (which never came) for his projected College in the Bermudas.". …