George Berkeley A Philosophical Life - Tom Jones

A Comprehensive Intellectual Biography Of The Enlightenment Philosopherin George Berkeley: A Philosophical Life, Tom Jones Provides A Comprehensive Account Of The Life And Work Of The Preeminent Irish Philosopher Of The Enlightenment. From His Early Brilliance As A Student And Fellow At Trinity College Dublin To His Later Years As Bishop Of Cloyne, Berkeley Brought His Searching And Powerful Intellect To Bear On The Full Range Of Eighteenth-century Thought And Experience.jones Brings Vividly To Life The Complexities And Contradictions Of Berkeleys Life And Ideas. He Advanced A Radical Immaterialism, Holding That The Only Reality Was Minds, Their Thoughts, And Their Perceptions, Without Any Physical Substance Underlying Them.