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...of Bishop Berkeley's ingenious sophistry to prove the non-existence of matter, and that everything in the universe is merely ideal. I observed, that though we are satisHed his doetriue is not true, it is impossible to refute it. I never shall forget the alacrity...

...of Bishop Berkeley's ingenious sophistry to prove the non-existence of matter, and that everything in the universe is merely ideal. I observed that,...foot with mighty force against a large stone, till ho rebounded from it : ' I refute it thus.' ' This was a stout exemplification of the first truths...

...of Bishop Berkeley's ingenious sophistry to prove the non-existence of matter, and that everything in the universe is merely ideal. I observed that,...impossible to refute it. I never shall forget the alaerity with which Johnson answered, striking his foot with mighty force against a large stone, till...

...ridiculed. The most of people have generally tried to answer it in Johnson's way, who when Boswell said ' that though we are satisfied his doctrine is not true, it is impossible to refute it,' answered, striking his foot with mighty force against a large stone until it rebounded from it, —...

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