1500 1600 1700 1800 Hobbes 88 .. 79 .. .. .. .. .. .. Cudworth .. 17 88 .. .. .. .. .. .. Locke .. 32 .. 04 .. .. .. .. .. Cumberland .. .. 32 .. 18 .. .. .. .. Wollaston .. .. 59 24 .. .. .. .. .. Mandeville .. .. 70 .. 33 .. .. .. .. Shaftesbury .. .. 71 13 .. .. .. .. .. Clarke .. .. 75 .. 29 .. .. .. .. Berkeley .. .. 85 .. .. 53 .. .. .. Pope .. .. 88 .. 44 .. .. .. .. Butler .. .. 92 .. .. 52 .. .. .. Hutcheson .. .. 94 .. 47 .. .. .. .. Edwards .. .. .. 03 .. 58 .. .. .. Hartley .. .. .. 05 .. 57 .. .. .. Tucker .. .. .. 05 .. .. 74 .. .. Reid .. .. .. 10 .. .. 96 .. .. Hume .. .. .. 11 .. .. 76 .. .. Smith .. .. .. 23 .. .. 90 .. .. Price .. .. .. 23 .. .. 91 .. .. Paley .. .. .. .. 43 .. .. 05 .. Bentham .. .. .. .. 47 .. .. 32 .. Stewart .. .. .. .. .. 53 .. 28 .. Whewell .. .. .. .. .. .. 95 .. 66 Mill .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 06 73 CHAPTER VIII BERKELEY AND HUME =The Life and Writings of George Berkeley= (1685–1753). In Bishop Berkeley we have the finest type of Irish mind. In his brilliant mental powers and idealistic theory he reminds us of that wonderful Irish scholar of the Middle Ages, John Scotus Erigena. Berkeley was acutely critical, and yet he possessed a childlike religious faith. He combined an insatiable longing for knowledge with an ardent missionary zeal. “Berkeley was a born child of Plato, a lineal descendant of a race whose origin is afar off and is divine.”[40] He was one of those exceptional minds that begin to bring forth their intellectual offspring when they are young. Berkeley began to publish at the age of twenty-four, Hume at twenty-eight, Descartes at forty-one, Locke at fifty-eight. We shall divide the life of Berkeley into three periods.