...read in lines like the ones that prepare for Juan's return to England at the beginning of canto 1 1: 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...

...very little success, because men can hardly be persuaded to discredit the evidence of their senses. "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 ;...

...Consequently their attitude to these mysterious subjects is apt to be one of agnosticism and indifferentism. When Bishop Berkeley said there was no matter, And proved it, 'twas no matter what he said. And this type of mind is naturally led on to note the differences between the inflorescence...

...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 he said. As a nation the English never have cared profound'y about theories and ' 'doxies.' That...

...of Idealism ; who will even admit that there is a substantial foundation for Byron's witty lines: " When Bishop Berkeley said ' there was no matter ' And proved it — 'twas no matter what he said." Complete ignorance of the history of modern philosophy and an l"capacity to understand...

...made to hear in many eases once thought hopeless. The reasoning used by Lord Byron in the lines — When Bishop Berkeley said there was no matter. And proved it, 'twas no matter what he said — no longer holds with the force which it had at the beginning of the nineteenth century,...