Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern . r Heaven.» Berkeley was born in Ireland, probablyat Dysart Castle in the Valley of the Nore,near Kilkenny, March 12, 1685. The fam-ily having but lately come into Ireland,Berkeley always accounted himself anEnglishman. At Kilkenny School he metthe poet Prior, who became his intimate friend, his business repre-sentative, and his most regular correspondent for life. Swift pre-t;eded him at this school and at Trinity College, Dublin, whitherBerkeley went March 21, 1700, being then fifteen years of age. Hereas at Kilkenny he took rank mu
Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern . r Heaven.» Berkeley was born in Ireland, probablyat Dysart Castle in the Valley of the Nore,near Kilkenny, March 12, 1685. The fam-ily having but lately come into Ireland,Berkeley always accounted himself anEnglishman. At Kilkenny School he metthe poet Prior, who became his intimate friend, his business repre-sentative, and his most regular correspondent for life. Swift pre-t;eded him at this school and at Trinity College, Dublin, whitherBerkeley went March 21, 1700, being then fifteen years of age. Hereas at Kilkenny he took rank much beyond his years, and was soondeep in philosophical speculations. In Professor Erasers edition of the < Life and Works of Berkeley appears a < Common-Place Book,* kept during the Trinity Collegeterms, and full of most remarkable memoranda for a youth of hisyears. In 1709, while still at Trinity, he published an < Essaytoward a New Theory of Vision, which foreshadowed imperfectlyhis leading ideas. In the following year he published a * Treatise. George Berkeley j8o2 GEORGE BERKELEY concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge. > Two or threeyears later he went to London, where he was received with unusualfavor and quickly became intimate in the literary circles of the made friends everywhere, being attractive in all ways, 5oung,handsome, graceful, fascinating in discourse, enthusiastic, and full ofthought. Swift was especially impressed by him, and did much tofurther his fortunes. His philosophical conceptions he at this time popularized in^ Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous, * a work rated bysome critics as at the head of its class. Before going to London, Berkeley had been made a Fellow ofTrinity, had been appointed to various college offices, and had takenorders. He remained away from Dublin for about eight years, onleave frequently extended, writing in London, and traveling, teach-ing, and writing on the Continent. On his return from his fore
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