Rhetoric of Berkeley's Philoso

This 1990 book offers rhetorical and literary analyses of four of George Berkeley's (1685-1753) major philosophical texts.

List of contents

Acknowledgments; Note to the reader; Introduction; Part I. The Principles of Human Knowledge: 1. Ideas and the ends of language; 2. Locke, roles, and passion; 3. The ends of morality and religion; 4. Metaphor and the evidence of things not seen; Part II. Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous: 5. The opportunities of dialogue; 6. The character of the elenchus; 7. Comic characters; 8. Comic form; Part III. Alciphron: 9. Argument into satire; 10. Conversations with ingenious men; Part IV. Siris: 11. The rude essay; 12. The method of inductive analogy; 13. The hoary maxims of the ancients; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index.

Summary

The works of George Berkeley (1685–1753) have been the object of much philosophical analysis; but philosophers are writers as well as thinkers, and Berkeley was himself positively interested in the functions of language and style. This 1990 book offers rhetorical and literary analyses of his four major philosophical texts.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Walmsley
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.05.2011
• EAN: 9780521374132
• ISBN: 978-0-521-37413-2
• No. of pages: 222
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 518 g
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Publishin; Cambridge Studies in Publishin
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day