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The 100 Most Influential Irish Americans in Business: Leading American General

By Niall O'Dowd

January 2000

October 27, 2021 by Leave a Comment

It's not unusual for Irish Americans to say their interest in their roots came through the influence of a father, grandmother or some other ancestral figure. In Bob Devlin's case, his youngest son Matthew had as much to do with his burgeoning interest in Irish issues as anyone. Matthew attended Boston College and went to University College Galway in Ireland in his junior year. … [Read more...] about The 100 Most Influential Irish Americans in Business: Leading American General

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Philosopher George Berkeley was born in Kilkenny on this day in 1685. Berkeley’s most substantial contribution to philosophy was his theory of “immaterialism,” or “subjective idealism.” He combined empiricism (the belief that knowledge comes only from direct sensory experience) with idealism (the belief that reality as we know it is mentally constructed) concluding that material substance does not exist, but our perceptions of it do. Berkeley is associated with the phrase, “to be is to be perceived.” However, he didn’t believe that physical objects cease to exist when not being perceived, explaining that God always perceives of everything. In contemporary terms, this describes the world as an interactive illusion, similar  to “The Matrix,” but with God in place of the machines.

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