That we have first rais'd a Dust, and then complain, we can… - George Berkeley

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That we have first rais'd a Dust, and then complain, we cannot see.

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George Berkeley (12 March 1685 – 14 January 1753), also known as Bishop Berkeley, was an influential Irish philosopher whose primary philosophical achievement is the advancement of a theory he called "immaterialism" (later referred to as "subjective idealism" by others).

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That we have first rais'd a Dust, and then complain, we cannot see. - George Berkeley

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