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Berkeleian, a. and n.|bɜːˈkliːən|
[f. name of Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne (died 1753), a celebrated philosopher who denied the objective or independent existence of the material world.]
A. adj. Of or originating with Berkeley.
B. n. A follower or disciple of Berkeley. Hence Berkeˈleianism, ˈBerkeleyism, the philosophical opinions held by Berkeley and his followers.
1860Mansel Prolegom. Log. v. 145 Taking the Berkleian theory in its whole extent. 1878J. Fiske in N. Amer. Rev. CXXVI. 32 Materialists, as a rule, have not mastered the Berkeleian psychology. 1804Edin. Rev. IX. 158 The reasoning of the Berkeleians. 1830Mackintosh Progr. Eth. Philos. §6 (1862) 269 His adoption of Berkeleianism is a proof of an unprejudiced and acute mind. 1864J. H. Newman Apol. 78 The connexion of this philosophy of religion with what is sometimes called ‘Berkeleyism’ has been mentioned. 1881Athenæum 30 July 137/1 Whether the mind will not at last be driven into actual Berkeleyism. |