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Philosoph, Theologe (Irland, 1685 - 1753).

George Berkeley · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum

George Berkeley wäre heute 339 Jahre, 1 Monat, 15 Tage oder 123.863 Tage alt.

Geboren am 12.03.1685 in Dysert Castle
Gestorben am 14.01.1753 in Oxford
Sternzeichen: ♓ Fische

• [Tar water] is of a nature so mild and benign and proportioned to the human constitution, as to warm without heating, to cheer but not inebriate.

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• Ghosts of departed quantities.

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• He that would make real progess in knowledge must dedicate his age as well as youth, the latter growth as well as the first fruits, at the altar of truth.

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• They are neither finite quantities, or quantities infinitely small, nor yet nothing. May we not call them the ghosts of departed quantities?

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• To be is to be perceived.

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• Truth is the cry of all, but the game of the few.

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• We have first raised a dust and then complain we cannot see.

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• Westward the course of empire takes its way; / The first four acts already past, / A fifth shall close the drama with the day / Time's noblest offspring is the last.

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• Westward the course of empire takes its way; / The four first acts already past, / A fifth shall close the drama with the day: / Time's noblest offspring is the last.

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