George Berkeley in America
- ISBN-10
- 0300113447
- ISBN-13
- 9780300113440
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 240
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1959-12-11
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Author
- Edwin S. Gaustad
Description
George Berkeley, the Irish philosopher and Anglican priest, settled in Newport, Rhode Island, one of the few places in New England that was hospitable to Anglicans. There his lively mind and sympathetic spirit involved him in a variety of interests. This book is an account of an episode of his religious life of colonial New England.
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