The Rhetoric of Berkeley's Philosophy

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The works of George Berkeley (1685-1753) have been the object of much philosophical analysis; but philosophers are writers as well as thinkers, and Berkeley was himself positively interested in the functions of language and style. He recognized that words are used not just to convey ideas, but to stir the emotions and influence the behaviour of the hearer or reader. The Rhetoric of Berkeley's Philosophy, first published in 1990, offers rhetorical and literary analyses of his four major philosophical texts, A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous, Alciphron and Siris. The Berkeley that emerges from this study is an accomplished stylist, one who builds structures of affective imagery, who creates dramatic voices in his texts, and who masters the range of philosophical genres - the treatise, the dialogue and the essay. Above all, Berkeley's awareness of the rhetorical functions of language is everywhere evident in his own style. His texts persuade as well as prove, enacting a process of inquiry so that the reader may, in the end, grasp Berkeley's truths as his own.

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"...the reader can turn from Walmsley's work not only with fresh insights, but with new tools for approaching the works of Berkeley's contemporaries (especially Hume) and relating them to Berkeley's own works." Studies in English Literature "The Rhetoric of Berkeley's Philosophy, particularly Walmsley's chapter on the character of the elenchus, can be strongly recommended to readers." Bob Robinson, South Atlantic Review "Walmsley provides a very thorough account, showing how Berkeley's studied choice of language aids him in manipulating the reader. One comes away from this book filled with admiration both for Walmsley as an analyst and for Berkeley as a stylist." Margaret Atherton, Eighteenth-Century Studies

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Non-Fiction Philosophy History of Western Philosophy Western Philosophy from 1600 to 1900 Language & Linguistics Linguistics Semantics & Discourse Analysis Literature, Poetry & Plays History & Criticism of Literature Literary Studies of Fiction

Acknowledgments
Note to the reader
Introduction
The Principles of Human Knowledge
Ideas and the ends of language
Locke, roles, and passion
The ends of morality and religion
Metaphor and the evidence of things not seen
Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous
The opportunities of dialogue
The character of the elenchus
Comic characters
Comic form
Alciphron
Argument into satire
Conversations with ingenious men
Siris
The rude essay
The method of inductive analogy
The hoary maxims of the ancients
Conclusion
Select bibliography
Index
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