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An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision

By George Berkeley

2019-10-12 16:55:40

George Berkeley's "Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision" reads like the ramblings of a madman and he was, in fact, dismissed as such in his time-but his discussion of perception, distance, parallelism, magnitude, and other elements of vision, present ... Read more
George Berkeley's "Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision" reads like the ramblings of a madman and he was, in fact, dismissed as such in his time-but his discussion of perception, distance, parallelism, magnitude, and other elements of vision, presented as 160 suppositions, is now recognized as a foundational work on the theory of optics. This strange work will intrigue readers of philosophy and scientific theory. Less

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File size67.651 KB
Print pages92
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2012-03-23
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781604501001
George Berkeley (12 March 1685 – 14 January 1753) – known as Bishop Berkeley (Bishop of Cloyne) – was an Irish philosopher whose primary achievement was the advancement of a theory he called "im...

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