In 1734, he attacked those who were less willing to accept God's existence than that of "the ghosts of departed quantities.
In 1734, he attacked those who were less willing to accept God's existence than that of "the ghosts of departed quantities." By those "ghosts", he meant the derivatives and infinitesimals of calculus, which he criticized in his The Analyst, or a Discourse Addressed to an Infidel Mathematician. His other works, such as Alciphron or the Minute Philosopher, rejected the existence of material substance and abstract ideas in favor of perception and spiritual substance. For ten points, name this author of Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous, a former bishop of Cloyne, Ireland.
In 1734, he attacked those who were less willing to accept God's existence than that of "the ghosts of departed quantities.
George {Berkeley}