Abstract

After being appointed Bishop of Cloyne, the Irish philosopher George Berkeley confronted the harsh conditions facing his charges. In response, Berkeley published his controversial, and oft-overlooked, Siris (1744). This paper examines Berkeley’s call for the use of “tar water” as both a preventative medicine and panacea, surveying popular responses to it and showing how it was built upon a Stoic vision of sociability (oikeiosis) aimed at improving the welfare of the nation.

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