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George Berkeley
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Noun1.George Berkeley - Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop who opposed the materialism of Thomas Hobbes (1685-1753)George Berkeley - Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop who opposed the materialism of Thomas Hobbes (1685-1753)
Berkeley, Bishop Berkeley
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Once again, the sequence can be traced back to a historical reference: in this instance, Bishop Berkeley's eighteenth-century dictum, esse est percipi (to be is to be perceived).
Ori Gersht by Georgievska-Shine, Aneta / ArtUS
Berkeley's famous dictum Esse est percipi, which translates as "to be is to be perceived," describes not only an organizing principle in the material construction and experience of cinema itself, but also the dominant animating energy of Egoyan's dramas of knowledge and identity.
How do we know what we know? Atom Egoyan's Where the Truth Lies by McSorley, Tom / Take One
Esse est percipi, said Bishop Berkeley, but Schneider would beg to differ.
Interiority Complex by BIRNBAUM, DANIEL / Artforum International
 
 
 
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