A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human

In this exceptional work Berkeley makes the striking claim that physical things consist of nothing but ideas and therefore do not exist outside the mind. This claim establishes him as the founder of the idealist tradition in philosophy. The text printed in this volume is the 1734 edition of the Principles, which represents Berkeley's mature thought. Also included are four important letters between George Berkeley and Samuel Johnson, written between 1729 and 1730, an analysis of the Principles, and a glossary.

PART 1: INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL

How to Use this Book

3

(2)

Editor's Introduction

5

(1)

Preamble

5

(1)

Berkeley's Life

6

(5)

The Target (or, What Berkeley didn't Believe)

11

(3)

Barkeley's Metaphysical Picture

14

(3)

What Happens in the Principles?

17

(3)

The Arguments of Principles §§s1-24

20

(8)

Berkeley's Attack on the Doctrine of Abstract Ideas

28

(6)

Abstract Ideas in the Principles

34

(3)

The Existence of God

37

(4)

Physical Reality

41

(4)

Scepticism

45

(5)

Berkeley and the Progress of Science

50

(4)

The Nature of Spirits

54

(4)

Barkeley's Intellectual Antecedents

58

(9)

The Berkeley-Johnson Correspondence

67

(122)

The Text Printed in this Edition

70

(2)

Bibliography and Further Reading

72

(4)

Analysis of the Principles

76

(11)

PART 2: THE TEXTS

A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge

85

(2)

The Preface

87

(2)

Introduction

89

(14)

Of the Principles of Human Knowledge Part I

103

(62)

The Berkeley-Johnson Correspondence

163

(2)

Johnson to Berkeley, 10 September 1729

165

(7)

Berkeley to Johnson, 25 November 1729

172

(4)

Johnson to Berkeley, 5 February 1730

176

(7)

Berkeley to Johnson, 24 March 1730

183

(6)

PART 3: GLOSSARY, NOTES, AND INDEX

Glossary

189

(5)

Notes to the Principles

194

(24)

Notes to the Berkeley-Johnson Correspondence

218

(11)

Index

229

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