George Berkely
George Berkeley argues that matter cannot be conceived to exist independent of the mind. ... George Berkeley was born in county Kilkenny, Ireland on March 12, 1685, Berkeley studied at Trinity College, Dublin, where he became a graduate student appointed to a position granting financial aid and providing for further study in 1707. ... ” (George Berkeley, Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonus). ... ” (George Berkeley, Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge). ... This backfired on George because as stated in the short biography he was a deacon in the Anglican Church.