In the "Principles of Human Knowledge," George Berkeley argues that material objects are nothing more than images within the mind. This idealism suggests that no physical non-thinking entities are real. The only reality of the objects is the image within the mind of the perceiver of the objects. For instance, objects are perceived by the senses. We then perceive or interpret our own ideas or sensations. Thus, the ideas have more reality to us than …showed first 75 words of 845 total…

…showed last 75 words of 845 total…He explains that a spirit causes ideas within the mind. The "understanding" perceives the ideas while the "will" operates or produces ideas. Also, Berkeley describes "laws of nature" which are the methods and patterns that are perceived by the idea of senses. These laws may be the only real ideas because they are imprinted in us by the Author of Nature and teach us to associate certain ideas with others to learn how to live.