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Quotation from A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge by George Berkeley
“Now THE SET RULES OR ESTABLISHED METHODS WHEREIN THE MIND WE DEPEND ON EXCITES IN US THE IDEAS OF SENSE, ARE CALLED THE LAWS OF NATURE”
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, Part I, section 30 (Project Gutenberg text (capitals as printed))
Berkeley redefines the laws of nature as the regular habits of the Spirit who produces our sensations.
Citation: "Now THE SET RULES OR ESTABLISHED METHODS WHEREIN THE MIND WE DEPEND ON EXCITES IN US THE IDEAS OF SENSE, ARE CALLED THE LAWS OF NATURE" — George Berkeley, A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, Part I, section 30 (Project Gutenberg text (capitals as printed)). (id berkeley-principles-of-human-knowledge-q6)
Portrait: George Berkeley by Jonh Smibert, John Smibert, Public domain.
