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Quotation from A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge by George Berkeley
“we need only draw the curtain of words, to hold the fairest tree of knowledge, whose fruit is excellent, and within the reach of our hand.”
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, Introduction, section 24 (Project Gutenberg text)
The Introduction ends by urging readers to strip away the dress of words and look at their ideas directly.
Citation: "we need only draw the curtain of words, to hold the fairest tree of knowledge, whose fruit is excellent, and within the reach of our hand." — George Berkeley, A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, Introduction, section 24 (Project Gutenberg text). (id berkeley-principles-of-human-knowledge-q2)
Portrait: George Berkeley by Jonh Smibert, John Smibert, Public domain.
