General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . able,that the year of his birth is in this inscriptionsaid to have been 1689, and his age 73 ; insteadof 1684, which makes his death in the 79th yearof his age, and is affirmed by his biographer tobe right. Berkeley was a handsome man, of a robustconstitution, and very strongitill his sedentarylife had impaired his health. His countenancewas expressive, and peculiarly benevolent. Thealmostenthusiasticenergyof his char
General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . able,that the year of his birth is in this inscriptionsaid to have been 1689, and his age 73 ; insteadof 1684, which makes his death in the 79th yearof his age, and is affirmed by his biographer tobe right. Berkeley was a handsome man, of a robustconstitution, and very strongitill his sedentarylife had impaired his health. His countenancewas expressive, and peculiarly benevolent. Thealmostenthusiasticenergyof his character,whichis displayed in his public works, was also appa-rent in his private life and conversation. Butnotwithstanding this animation and spirit, hismanner was invariably mild, unaffected, and en-gaging, ^rhe opinion of the world with regardto the acuteness of his intellect, the fire of hisimagination, and the value which his doctrinesmay possess, has been long since settled. It isaffirmed, that in the latter part of his life he be-gan to doubt the solidity of metaphysical spe-culations ; and had for that reason turned histhoughts to politics and medicine, as studies of. iS B ERN!AKDVS^,\Eoittanisjn•Bu]yiinJid,,Cifteritijfvhniim mondchus jKjr/lhhas Clavul^illis i 0 o cimj^lius CifteitiaiJ:insiitucum miriRcc iiuxiriirpv^\iJiinir///injj- , dijciimlis-y c- in LUvd-Vallc ,ihiitcin viucrcdcfijt-an. 11 ^-7.,ah /itcxdndio liesimctoTum numais adlcthis, 1 B E R ( 133 ) B E R more apparent and immediate utility. Variouseminent men, particularly Dr. Hoadly, haveconsidered his writings as tending to corruptand diminish the simplicity of religion by theadmixture of obscure metaphysical science ; andDavid Hume infers, that his writings arc un-doubtedly sceptical, because they admit of 710answer, and produce no conviction. It is morethan probable, that Hume, with all his acutc-ness, has in this, as well as other instance
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