 there was no matter,' And proved it — 'twas no matter what he said: They say his system 'tis in vain to batter, Too subtle for the airiest human head ; And yet who can believe it? I would...  The Gentleman's Magazine - Seite 3361851Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Arthur Bent - 1882 - 638 Seiten
...don't leave us; for we may perhaps forget to think of you, and then you will cease to exist." " \VTien Bishop Berkeley said, ' there was no matter,' And proved it— 'twas no matter what he said." BYROlC Don Juan, XI. 1. ' Sir John, sir, is a very uaclubable man. We know our will... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1883 - 1162 Seiten
...Into them he can fling anything under the sun, from a doctor's prescription to a metaphysical theory. w B P B what he said," is as cogent a refutation of idealism as the cnmbrous wit of Scotch logicians. nged... | |
 | 1883 - 778 Seiten
...them he can fling anything under the sun, from a doctor's prescription to a metaphysical theory. " When Bishop Berkeley said there was no matter, And proved it, 'twas no matter what he said," is as cogent a refutation of idealism as the cumbrous wit of Scotch logicians. The popularity... | |
 | James Samuelson, Sir William Crookes - 1884 - 798 Seiten
...more than groups of our own sensations. Matter is a mere fiction. Byron writes in " Don Juan " :— " When Bishop Berkeley said there was no matter, And proved it, 'twas no matter what he said." But we cannot treat the subject quite so lightly. Of course Berkeley proved no such... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 614 Seiten
...them he can fling anything under the sun, from a doctor's prescription to a metaphysical theory. " When Bishop Berkeley said there was no matter, And proved it, 'twas no matter what he said," is as cogent a refutation of idealism as the cumbrous wit of Scotch logicians. The popularity... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 648 Seiten
...them he can fling anything under the sun, from a doctor's prescription to a metaphysical theory. " When Bishop Berkeley said there was no matter, And proved it, 'twas no matter what he said," is as cogent a refutation of idealism as the cumbrous wit of Scotch logicians. The popularity... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1886 - 396 Seiten
...his metaphysical system, which Byron has attempted to dispose of in a single satirical couplet:— ' When Bishop Berkeley said, "There was no matter," And proved it, 'twas no matter what he said.' Erroneous, it certainly was ; but in all error there is an admixture of truth, and in... | |
 | Stafford Henry Northcote Earl of Iddesleigh - 1887 - 494 Seiten
...up as showing that Bishop Berkeley proved that there was no matter, and as Lord Byron has said — " When Bishop Berkeley said there was no matter And proved it, 'twas no matter what he said." I don't intend, however, to go into the question of Bishop Berkeley ; nor, indeed, would... | |
 | Paul Carus - 1889 - 286 Seiten
...the soul." In a similar way Lord Byron acknowledged the validity of Berkley's arguments. He said:* " When Bishop Berkeley said 'there was no matter,' And proved it — 'twas no matter what he said. They say his system 'tis in vain to batter, Too subtle for the airiest human head, And... | |
 | Justin McCarthy, Justin Huntly McCarthy - 1890 - 458 Seiten
...more than two generations later, dismissed Bishop Berkeley and his theory in the famous couplet — When Bishop Berkeley said 'there was no matter,' And proved it — 'twas no matter what he said : — a smart saying which Byron did not intend to put forth, and which nobody would be... | |
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