Berkeley, Clayton, and an Essay on Spirit
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4455499 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Berman, David S Berman (0000-0002-5382-1668, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1971 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 367 |
| Publication date | 1971-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the History of Ideas (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-5037 • E-ISSN: 1086-3222 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2708352 |
| OpenAlex | W2334256764 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The aim of this paper is to describe and comment on Bishop Berkeley's connection with An essay on spirit (1750) and its author. This connection, I try to show, is of interest for, among other reasons, the light it throws on the early influence of Berkeley's Siris: a chain of philosophical reflexions . . . (1744); but though the connection has been noticed, it has not been examined in any detail. I have divided the paper into two sections and an appendix. Section I deals with the question of the authorship of An essay on spirit-which I shall refer to as the essay-and Berkeley's connection with the author.' In section II, I examine Berkeley's place in the essay and, in that context, the essay's theory of spirits and its relationship to Berkeley's own theory of spirits, as it is presented in Siris. In the appendix, I present a short letter by Berkeley about the essay, which has escaped the notice of his editors
Early Modern Women Writers · Historical Philosophy and Science · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2014 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |