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Politics of Author:
"Tory"
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Religion of Author:
"Church of Ireland"
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Work title:
"Alciphron: or the Minute Philosopher"
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Literary Period:
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"Early Modern"
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"Eighteenth Century"
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Date: 1732
"Gorgias hath gone further, demonstrating man to be a piece of clock-work or machine; and that thought or reason are the same thing as the impulse of one ball against another."
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Date: 1732
"Cimon hath made noble use of these discoveries, proving as clearly as any proposition in mathematics, that conscience is a whim, and morality a prejudice; and that a man is no more accountable for his actions than a clock is for striking."
preview | full record— Berkeley, George (1685-1753)