A New Theory Of Vision: And Other Writings

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A landmark work in the history of empiricist philosophy, A New Theory of Vision and Other Writings presents George Berkeley's groundbreaking argument that the perception of distance, magnitude, and situation by sight is not immediate but learned through experience and association with the sense of touch. Berkeley, the Irish philosopher and Bishop of Cloyne, challenges prevailing geometrical theories of vision with characteristic precision and wit, arguing that visual ideas are nothing more than signs that the mind has learned to interpret. The volume also gathers other essential writings that illuminate Berkeley's broader idealist philosophy, including his famous argument that material substance does not exist independently of perception — summarised in the maxim *esse est percipi* (to be is to be perceived). With an introduction by A. D. Lindsay, this Everyman's Library edition presents one of the most original thinkers of the early eighteenth century in an accessible and authoritative format, making it an indispensable resource for students of philosophy and intellectual history alike.