Westward the course of empire takes its way.

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George Berkeley
Anglo-Irish bishop and philosopher (1685-1753) whose dictum "to be is to be perceived" launched modern subjective idealism. With Locke and Hume he forms the British empiricist trio. Berkeley, California bears his name.
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