II. BERKELEY-what is the paradox associated with his philosophy? :

A. AN EMPIRICIST WHO BELIEVED IN GOD--influence of Locke?.

B. WE EXIST IN THE MIND OF GOD WHO CAUSES EVERYTHING TO OCCUR

C. A MAJOR CLUE IS GIVEN TO THE MYSTERY OF HILDE' AND HER FATHER

1.HILDE'S FATHER COULD BE THE CAUSE---essential for Sophie's quest
2.ARE WE SPIRITS IN THE MIND OF GOD?
3.IS HILDE AN ANGEL?

III. WHAT IS THE NATURE OF REALITY?--what do we know to be really real?

A. CAN WE ABSOLUTELY PROVE THAT THE MATERIAL WORLD EXISTS?

1. I TOUCH, FEEL ETC. THE TREE TRUNK--I am aware of qualities; not the substance
2. IDEAS EXIST--the cause of sensation that produces the ideas = God
3. GOD ORDERS --his 'natural laws' help us make sense of the universe
4. WE PERCEIVE THE EFFECTS OF WHAT GOD DOES-the ideas

B. WHAT ABOUT IDEAS? - IS GOD THEIR SOURCE?

C. THE MATERIAL WORLD EXITS ONLY IN SO FAR AS IDEAS OF ‘X’ EXIST IN THE MIND OF THE PERCEIVED OR GOD---What do we really know of the material world?

D. ‘X’ EXISTS, THEN EVEN IF WE ARE NOT THERE TO PERCEIVE IT.

E. GOD / THE SOUL IS THE CAUSE OF THE NATURAL WORLD

1 God causes us to feel pain when we hit the table?.
2. We can be hypnotized to feel sensations.