Philosophical Works: Including the Works on Vision

By Marc A. Franklin

This selection of George Berkeley's most important philosophical works contains--Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision; Principles of Human Knowledge; Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous; Theory of Vision Vindicated and Explained; De Motu (in translation); Philosophical Correspondence between Berkeley and Samuel Johnson, 1729-30; and Philosophical Commentaries. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0460104837
• ISBN13: 9780460104838
• Release Date: January 1975
• Publisher: J. M. Dent & Sons
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.

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