Great Britain: Notable Religious Figures, Theologians, Philosophers, and Theorists

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<p>1670 - 1733 - Bernard Mandeville (All Facts) </p>

1670 - 1733 - Bernard Mandeville (All Facts)

  • Anglo-Dutch Philosopher and Satirist


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<p>1685 - 1753 - George Berkeley (All Facts) </p>

1685 - 1753 - George Berkeley (All Facts)

  • Anglo-Irish Philosopher and Writer

  • He graduated at Trinity College in Dublin in Ireland, which, by his time, was a haven for independent thinkers

  • He was introduced to his countrymen by Johnathon Swift

  • In his works, he lays out a principle in which objects are reduced to ideas, which does not mean to question their reality as everyday objects, but tries to bring out their token value

    • He argued that these ideas are part of system in which God is the creative source


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<p>1710 - George Berkeley: Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (All Facts) </p>

1710 - George Berkeley: Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (All Facts)

  • Work in which the namesake author developed his metaphysical implications of his theory of perception

  • Work in which the namesake author analyzes sense perceptions


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<p>1713 - George Berkeley: Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous (All Facts) </p>

1713 - George Berkeley: Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous (All Facts)

  • Work in which the namesake author propounds his argument that the only things that are real are our ideas of what is presented to our senses