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Excerpt from The Monist, Vol. 8
Quoted in Collected Essays, Vol. VI. Pp. 253 - 254. Quoted Vol. VI. P. 255.
If the materialist affirms that the universe and all its phenomena are resolv able into matter and motion, Berkeley replies: ''true; but what you call matter and motion are known to us only as forms of consciousness; their being is to be conceived or known; and the existence of a state of consciousness, apart from a thinking mind, is a contradiction in terms.'' (p.
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Quoted in Collected Essays, Vol. VI. Pp. 253 - 254. Quoted Vol. VI. P. 255.
If the materialist affirms that the universe and all its phenomena are resolv able into matter and motion, Berkeley replies: ''true; but what you call matter and motion are known to us only as forms of consciousness; their being is to be conceived or known; and the existence of a state of consciousness, apart from a thinking mind, is a contradiction in terms.'' (p.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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