Alciphron: or the Minute Philosopher - Softcover

Berkeley, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 197908629X ISBN 13: 9781979086295

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher is a philosophical dialogue by the 18th-century Irish philosopher George Berkeley wherein Berkeley combated the arguments of free-thinkers such as Mandeville and Shaftesbury against the Christian religion. It was first published in 1732.The dialogue is primarily between four characters, the free-thinkers Alciphron and Lysicles, Berkeley's spokesman Euphranor, and Crito, who serves as a spokesman for traditional Christianity. The mostly-silent narrator of the dialogue is given the name Dion.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 197908629X
• ISBN 13: 9781979086295
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 196