Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous -

George Berkeley

Hackett Publishing Company

1979

105 páginas

3h 30m

ISBN-10: 0915144611

Resenhas (1)

5 (Perfeito)

I really enjoyed this book and now i want a physical copy of it hahaha. It's interesting to see the arguments, they look simple but at the same time they are actually not that simple, and the way it's written reminded me of Plato's works by the way Socrates "explained" things in them. Even though sometimes it's a bit annoying to hear "what do you think of that? don't you agree with that? think it over and let's discuss this tomorrow" all the time --- i mean just give me the whole idea already hahahah"---, i liked the way the narrative goes on and it's indeed nice how Philonous explains things to Hylas, for example, that hot water is not hot; that we understand it hot, so the characteristic of "hot" doesn't exist without us/our comprehension of it, so "being hot" it is not a characteristic that "belongs to the water". I don't think i explained it that well, but the whole book is just so mind blowing and so logic to me hahahaha. I loved it, so far this is one of the philosophy books that i most enjoyed reading, the narrative makes it easier to understand, it's funny and it definitely deserves a reread in the future.