Single Idea 3950

[catalogued under 28. God / B. Proving God / 1. Proof of God]

Full Idea

I immediately and necessarily conclude the being of a God, because all sensible things must be perceived by him.

Gist of Idea

There must be a God, because all sensible things must be perceived by him

Source

George Berkeley (Three Dialogues of Hylas and Philonous [1713], II p.198)

Book Reference

Berkeley,George: 'The Principles of Human Knowledge etc.', ed/tr. Warnock,G.J. [Fontana 1962], p.198


A Reaction

Daft. This contradicts Berkeley's whole empiricist position, that existence depends on known experience. Who knows whether God is thinking about trees?