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George Berkeley›An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision›Full Text

An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision

An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision

George Berkeley · 1709

4 chapters · 64 pages · Original text

Public domain · Project Gutenberg

Chapters

Sections 1–51 — Of Distance

~37 min · 18 pages

Sections 52–87 — Of Magnitude

~34 min · 16 pages

Sections 88–120 — Of Situation

~28 min · 14 pages

Sections 121–160 — Sight and Touch

~33 min · 16 pages

About this text

First published in 1748, this work represents Hume's mature empiricist philosophy — a reworking of ideas from his earlier Treatise of Human Nature.

Hume argues that all knowledge derives from sensory experience and that reason alone cannot establish matters of fact.

Text sourced from Project Gutenberg (public domain).

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