Sunday February 05, 2012 - 05:19:00 PM There’s a story that when George Berkeley, the future philosopher, was a student he decided to see what it was like to approach death. He hung himself, arranging ...

First things first: what is the Berkeley Library? Trinity College Dublin’s largest library – opened in 1967 – has been named after George Berkeley, the world renowned philosopher, since the 1970s. You ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In 1726, the Anglican clergyman and philosopher George Berkeley wrote, “Westward the course of empire takes its way,” ...

The names of the city of Berkeley and UC Berkeley in California are being questioned for their links to George Berkeley, an Irish philosopher who bought and owned slaves in Rhode Island in the 18th ...

At first glance, Berkeley -- an anti-imperialist city if there ever was one -- seems to have egg on its political face. The city that replaced Columbus Day with "Indigenous Peoples Day" is ...

George Berkeley occupies a place in philosophy above perhaps any other Irish thinker. But the former bishop of Cloyne and Trinity College Dublin alumnus, who is being remembered by his alma mater with ...

Trinity is considering cancelling him, but as this biography of the 18th century Kilkenny philosopher shows, he deserves more respect, writes Andrew Lynch Kilkenny philosopher George Berkeley Like ...