Berkeley and Percival: The Correspondence of George Berkeley and Sir John Percival

ISBN-13: 9781107631687 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 320 str.

Benjamin Rand

Opis

First published in 1914, this book contains the correspondence between the philosopher George Berkeley (1685 1753), afterwards Bishop of Cloyne, and Sir John Percival (1711 70), later Earl of Egmont, from 1709 until Berkeley's death. The letters reflect the growing affection between these two important figures in Anglo-Irish history, and give intimate first-person accounts of the events of each man's life and career. Extracts from Percival's journal and a biographical note on the lives, careers and friendship of both men are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in eighteenth-century Anglo-Irish politics."