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Full Idea
How can that which is unthinking be a cause of thought?
Gist of Idea
How can that which is unthinking be a cause of thought?
Source
George Berkeley (Three Dialogues of Hylas and Philonous [1713], II p.203)
Book Ref
Berkeley,George: 'The Principles of Human Knowledge etc.', ed/tr. Warnock,G.J. [Fontana 1962], p.203
A Reaction
Presumably, though, he thinks that thought can cause 'that which is unthinking' to move'. He likes one half of the interaction problem (which supports dualism), but avoids the other half.