Recovering Bishop Berkeley von S. Breuninger | Virtue and Society in the Anglo-Irish Context | ISBN 9780230106468

Recovering Bishop Berkeley

Virtue and Society in the Anglo-Irish Context

von S. Breuninger
Buchcover Recovering Bishop Berkeley | S. Breuninger | EAN 9780230106468 | ISBN 0-230-10646-3 | ISBN 978-0-230-10646-8

„Recovering Bishop Berkeley goes some way toward dispelling the notion of Berkeley as a disconnected, abstract philosopher and recovering the bishop who was very much engaged by the social and economic questions of his day.“ The Scriblerian

Recovering Bishop Berkeley

Virtue and Society in the Anglo-Irish Context

von S. Breuninger
Through a close analysis of key texts and the larger historical contexts within which they were composed, this study explores George Berkeley's engagement with the social and economic threats facing Ireland and Britain, highlighting his belief that virtue and religion could play crucial roles in alleviating these problems.