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Talk of unthinking agents producing ideas without a will is empty words
Drawn from what George Berkeley said
What George Berkeley actually said
- George Berkeley Anglo-Irish philosopher and bishop (1685 to 1753)
Thus much is certain and grounded on experience; but when we think of unthinking agents or of exciting ideas exclusive of volition, we only amuse ourselves with words.
Where this was said
↗A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (1710)gutenberg.org
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