Berkeley, George
"Three Dialogues Between Hylas And Philonous"
. Continue, good Hylas, to act the same ingenuous
part, and tell me sincerely whether you can frame a distinct idea
of Entity in general, prescinded from and exclusive of all
thinking and corporeal beings, all particular things whatsoever.
. Hold, let me think a little -- I profess, Philonous,
I do not find that I can. At first glance, methought I had some
dilute and airy notion of Pure Entity in abstract; but, upon
closer attention, it hath quite vanished out of sight. The more I
think on it, the more am I confirmed in my prudent resolution of
giving none but negative answers, and not pretending to the least
degree of any positive knowledge or conception of Matter, its
, its , its , or anything belonging to it.
. When, therefore, you speak of the existence of
Matter, you have not any notion in your mind?
. None at all.
. Pray tell me if the case stands not thus -- At
first, from a belief of material substance, you would have it
that the {223} immediate objects existed without the mind; then
that they are archetypes; then causes; next instruments; then
occasions: lastly , which being interpreted
proves .
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