The Correspondence of George Berkeley

FAIN: FT-57438-10

Marc A. Hight
Hampden-Sydney College (Hampden-Sydney, VA 23901-5657)

I am engaged in a scholarly project to collect, edit, and critically annotate the correspondence of George Berkeley (1685-1753), Irish philosopher and later Anglican Bishop of Cloyne (1734). My research will produce a necessary reference volume that fills gaps in the field (no complete edition of the collected correspondence exists, and several of the published letters that are available contain errors). Cambridge University Press has already expressed interest in publishing the project. I am seeking support for primary source research in scattered locations around Ireland and the United Kingdom. Among other places I will do research in the British Library and at Trinity College, Dublin -- places where most of the original letters are held. I propose to visit these locations in order to examine the original letters and related documents to complete an accurate draft of the correspondence.

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The Correspondence of George Berkeley (Book)
Title: The Correspondence of George Berkeley
Author: Marc A. Hight
Author: George Berkeley
Editor: Marc A. Hight
Abstract: "George Berkeley (1685-1753), Bishop of Cloyne, was an Irish philosopher and divine who pursued a number of grand causes, contributing to the fields of economics, mathematics, political theory and theology. He pioneered the theory of 'immaterialism', and his work ranges over many philosophical issues that remain of interest today. This volume offers a complete and accurate edition of Berkeley's extant correspondence, including letters both written by him and to him, supplemented by extensive explanatory and critical notes. Alexander Pope famously said 'To Berkeley every virtue under heaven', and a careful reading of the letters reveals a figure worthy of admiration, sheds new light on his personal and intellectual life and provides insight into the broad historical and philosophical currents of his time. The volume will be an invaluable resource for philosophers, modern historians and those interested in Anglo-Irish culture."
Year: 2013
Primary URL: http://www.worldcat.org/title/correspondence-of-george-berkeley/oclc/795763410
Secondary URL: www.cambridge.org/9781107000742
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Type: Edited Volume
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes

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