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Men were only made into "men" with great difficulty even in primitive society: the male is not naturally "a man" any more than the woman. He has to be propped up into that position with some ingenuity, and is always likely to collapse.
George Berkeley
Born: March 12, 1685
Died: January 14, 1753 (aged 67)
Bio: George Berkeley known as Bishop Berkeley was an Anglo-Irish philosopher whose primary achievement was the advancement of a theory he called "immaterialism".
Known for:
- Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous
- An essay towards a new theory of vision. (1709)
- Alciphron (1731)
- The Analyst (1734)
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