 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
 | 1900 - 556 Seiten
...outright to question the accurateness and sufficiency of this explanation. Byron has spoken for such: " When Bishop Berkeley said 'there was no Matter,' And proved it — 'twas no matter what he said." He and others like him find it convenient to dismiss such problems with a jest or a... | |
 | Justin McCarthy - 1902 - 450 Seiten
...Often as these two lines have been quoted they will bear quoting again. In ' Don Juan ' Byron says : When Bishop Berkeley said there was no matter And proved it, 'twas no matter what he said. Bishop Berkeley's theory was designed to be and 1702-14 BERKELEY'S THEORY. 299 may yet... | |
 | University of St. Andrews - 1902 - 740 Seiten
...Discuss this statement. 5. Compare and contrast Berkeley's doctrine of causation with that of Mill. 6. " When Bishop Berkeley said there was no matter, And proved it, 'twas no matter what he said." Examine thia statement from Berkeley's own point of view. 7. How far is Berkeley on... | |
 | Mary Jane Taber - 1904 - 452 Seiten
...is God, and God is matter, and that it is no matter whether there is any God or no." Byron wrote: " When Bishop Berkeley said ' there was no matter,' and proved it, 'twas no matter what he said." John Brown wrote: "And coxcombs vanquish Berkeley by a grin." According to Butler's... | |
 | 1907 - 866 Seiten
...facts. The Byronic criticism of Berkeley's Idealism is highly typical of the non-literary citizen:— When Bishop Berkeley said there was no matter And proved It — 'twas no matter what be said. As a nation the Knglish never have cared profoundly about theories and " 'doxies." That... | |
 | Michael Monahan - 1908 - 192 Seiten
...These be words horrendous and mouth-filling, but surely I need not remind the erudite Dr. Howard that When Bishop Berkeley said there was no matter, And -proved it — 'twas no matter what he said. And I suspect Dr. Howard in coming, as he thinks, to the defence of Poe's reputation,... | |
 | Sir James Henry Yoxall - 1909 - 344 Seiten
...; is it consubstantiation again, or transmigration, which keeps life alive on earth ? No matter ! " When Bishop Berkeley said ' there was no matter,' and proved it, 'twas no matter what he said." " Pass on," as Joan pleaded. Let us dive still deeper into the past. We take the wild... | |
 | William Macneile Dixon - 1912 - 368 Seiten
...ladies intellectual Inform us truly, have they not hen-peck'd you all? " or in punning sarcasm — " When Bishop Berkeley said ' there was no matter ' And proved it — 'twas no matter what he said " ; or in the witty juxtaposition of the serious and trivial — " They griev'd for those... | |
 | St. George William Joseph Stock - 1912 - 246 Seiten
...Byron may still be taken to express the views of " the average sensual man " on this subject — " When Bishop Berkeley said there was no matter, And proved it, 'twas no matter what he said." Whether the instinctive beliefs of the vulgar are entitled to respect from philosophers... | |
 | Grenville Kleiser - 1917 - 608 Seiten
...these extracts carefully. Make concise comments in your notebook. SATURDAY 1. Knowledge is power. 2. When Bishop Berkeley said, "There was no matter," and proved it — 'twas no matter what he said. 3. Language is the communication of information by signs, and so we must say that the... | |
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