Definition of Bishop berkeley

1. Noun. Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop who opposed the materialism of Thomas Hobbes (1685-1753).

Exact synonyms: Berkeley, George Berkeley
Generic synonyms: Bishop, Philosopher

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bishop Berkeley

Biscay
Biscayan
Biscayans
Biscayne
Biscayne Bay
Biscayne National Park
Bischof
Bischof's myelotomy
Biscutalla laevigata
Biscutella
Bishkek
Bishnupriya Manipuri
Bishop's sphygmoscope
Bishop Barker
Bishop Barkers
Bishop Berkeley
Bishop Rock
Bishop Ulfila
Bishop Ulfilas
Bishop Wulfila
Bishop of Rome
Bisiac
Biskek
Biskra boil
Bislama
Bismarck
Bismarck Archipelago
Bismarck Sea
Bismarck brown R

Literary usage of Bishop berkeley

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1858)
"Dr. George Berkeley, Canon of Canterbury, the only son of the celebrated Bishop Berkeley. The book is full of curious anecdotes. ..."

2. English Prose: Selections by Henry Craik (1895)
"... bishop berkeley [George Berkeley was born near Kilkenny on the i6th March 1685, and was educated at the Grammar School of that town, going thence at the ..."

3. The Works of George Berkeley by George Berkeley (1871)
"WRITI NGS OF bishop berkeley HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED: METAPHYSICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE, WITH SERMONS, SKELETONS OF SERMONS, AND AN EPISCOPAL CHARGE. VOL. IV. ..."

4. Critiques and Addresses by Thomas Henry Huxley (1873)
"bishop berkeley ON THE METAPHYSICS OF SENSATION.1 PROFESSOR FRASER has earned the thanks of all students of philosophy for the conscientious labour which he ..."

5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1892)
"LEES, M.Sc., late bishop berkeley Fellow at the Owens College, Manchester. Communicated by Professor ARTHUR SCHUSTER, FRS Received January 22, 1892. ..."

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