Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous

About this film

LibriVox recording of Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous, by George Berkeley. Read by Geoffrey Edwards. Berkeley uses Hylas as his primary contemporary philosophical adversary, John Locke. A Hylas is featured in Greek mythology and the name Hylas is derived from an ancient Greek word for "matter" which Hylas argues for in the dialogues. Philonous translates as "lover of mind." In The First Dialogue, Hylas expresses his disdain for skepticism, adding that he has heard Philonous to have "maintained the most extravagant opinion... namely, that there is no such thing as material substance in the world." Philonous argues that it is actually Hylas who is the skeptic and that he can prove it. Thus, a philosophical battle of wit begins. (Summary from Wikipedia) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B audio book (106mb)

Directors & creators

George Berkeley

Subjects

Librivox; philosophy; dialogues; Philonous; Hylas; George Berkeley; John Locke

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