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Berkeley's Renovation of Philosophy
Gavin Ardley
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Paperback. Num Pages: 179 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 308.
In this work I have endeavoured to see Berkeley in his contemporary setting. On the principle that philosophy is ultimately about men, not about abstract problems, I have tried to see Berkeley the philosopher as an expression of Berkeley the man. When this is done, what is perennial in the philosophy may be discerned in and through what is local and temporal. Berkeley then emerges as a pioneer reformer; not so much an innovator as a renovator; one who set out to rescue phi losophy from the enthusiasms of the preceding age; one who strove to seat philosophy once more ... Read more
In this work I have endeavoured to see Berkeley in his contemporary setting. On the principle that philosophy is ultimately about men, not about abstract problems, I have tried to see Berkeley the philosopher as an expression of Berkeley the man. When this is done, what is perennial in the philosophy may be discerned in and through what is local and temporal. Berkeley then emerges as a pioneer reformer; not so much an innovator as a renovator; one who set out to rescue phi losophy from the enthusiasms of the preceding age; one who strove to seat philosophy once more ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1968
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
179
Condition
New
Number of Pages
179
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401182119
SKU
V9789401182119
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