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Often appears with: the nature and attributes of God · skepticism · perception and the senses · god’s omnipresence · evidence for god · doubt, skepticism, and certainty
Usually: argument (1) · exhortation (1) · skepticism (1)
“Hence it is plain we do not see a man--if by man is meant that which lives, moves, perceives, and thinks as we do--but only such a certain collection of ideas as directs us to think there is a distinct principle of thought and motion, like to ourselves, accompanying and represented by it.” George Berkeley, A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowle · insight
He contends God’s existence is more evident than that of other minds because nature’s effects are abundant and surpass human agency, and he emphasizes that people wrongly claim they cannot see God.
maintains that intercourse between spirits whereby they are able to perceive the existence of each other. And yet this pure and clear light which enlightens every one is itself invisible. 148. It seems to be a general pretence of the unthinking herd that they cannot see God. Could we but see Him, say they, as we see a man, we should believe that He is, and believing obey His commands. But alas, we need only open our…