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RESEARCH ARTICLE
George Berkeley’s Reading of Plato
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1 Bartın Üniversitesi, Edebiyat Fakültesi, Felsefe Bölümü 74100, Bartın,
Türkiye
Received: 5 August 2024 | Published online: 23 September 2024
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Abstract
This article aims to trace Plato’s thought in Berkeley’s idealism, which emerges from the statement “to be is to be perceived.” In doing so, rather than comparing the views of both thinkers, the focus will be on how Berkeley reads Plato. In this context, it is aimed to present a general presentation of Berkeley’s system of thought, on the one hand, abstract ideas and criticism of materialism, and on the other hand, to determine whether Berkeley’s writing style, especially in the form of dialogue, and his idealism are in contact with Plato’s ideas. In conclusion, a general, though not exhaustive, evaluation of the literature on the connection between Berkeley’s and Plato’s views will be made, and an attempt will be made to answer the question ‘Berkeley’s Plato or Platonism?’ and ‘What would Plato have said if he had read Berkeley?’
Keywords
Berkeley
Plato
idea
idealism
materialism.
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