George Berkeley Quotes
Whose fault is it if poor Ireland still continues poor?
Topics
Blame
Economic Development
Economic Status
Ireland
Poverty
Responsibility
Economic Disparity, Income Divide, Income Equality, Income Inequality
Fault
Faults
Hardship
Nation
Stills
Poor
Government Policies
Poverty Alleviation
Social Welfare Programs
Socioeconomic Factors
Economic Condition
Poor Country
Citations
Berkeley, George. The Querist. J. Harding, 1735, query 328.
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George Berkeley – known as Bishop Berkeley (Bishop of Cloyne of the Anglican Church of Ireland) – 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 ideas perceived by the minds 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.