ABSTRACT

Alciphron, or the Minute Philosopher (1732) is Berkeley's main work of philosophical theology and a crucial source of his views on meaning and language. This edition contains the four most important dialogues and a selection of critical essays and commentaries reflecting the response of such writers as Hutcheson, Mill and Antony Flew. The only single edition currently in print, it argues that Alciphron has a more important place both in the Berkeley canon and in early modern philosophy than is generally thought.

chapter |16 pages

Introduction

part 1|210 pages

Alciphron

chapter |33 pages

The First Dialogue

chapter |29 pages

The Third Dialogue

chapter |32 pages

The Fourth Dialogue

chapter |46 pages

The Seventh Dialogue

chapter 6|6 pages

Berkeley on Beauty