Project Gutenberg 2003-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 341 Berkeley, George 1685 1753 Berkley, George Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous in Opposition to Sceptics and Atheists Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Dialogues_Between_Hylas_and_Philonous Produced by Col Choat. HTML version by Al Haines. "Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous" by George Berkeley is a philosophical work written in the early 18th century. The book takes the form of a dialogue between two characters, Hylas and Philonous, who discuss the nature of reality, skepticism, and the existence of material substances. The central theme revolves around Berkeley's idealist philosophy, which argues against the existence of material substances independent of perception, challenging the foundation of skeptical thought. At the start of the dialogues, Philonous and Hylas engage in a conversation that explores the implications of skepticism and the nature of perception. Hylas initially expresses his concerns about the troubling ideas some philosophers propose, which undermine common beliefs. The dialogue quickly delves into the debate over material substance, with Philonous advocating that only ideas exist in the mind and that material objects cannot exist independently of being perceived. Hylas grapples with these concepts, ultimately revealing contradictions in traditional notions of matter and raising the question of the relationship between sensation and reality. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 66.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Soul Idealism B Text Harvard Classics Philosophy Category: Philosophy & Ethics 258474 2025-07-02T11:59:15.961349 text/html 253166 2020-12-28T06:42:33 text/html 190646 2025-07-02T11:59:22.760353 application/epub+zip 192418 2025-07-02T11:59:19.439304 application/epub+zip 141712 2025-07-02T11:59:18.230310 application/epub+zip 445116 2025-07-02T11:59:25.098352 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 436218 2025-07-02T11:59:21.995330 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 203738 2022-09-03T04:04:34.964351 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 230073 2025-07-02T11:59:15.435356 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 229939 2020-12-28T06:42:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19157 2025-07-02T11:59:25.221321 application/rdf+xml 25351 2025-07-02T11:59:18.729343 image/jpeg 4730 2025-07-02T11:59:18.480318 image/jpeg 80163 2020-12-28T06:42:33 application/octet-stream application/zip 78298 2020-12-28T06:42:33 application/octet-stream application/zip 188741 2025-07-02T11:59:15.981328 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia