“[Bishop Berkeley’s last book] Siris (1744) has a three-fold aim: to establish the virtues of tar-water (a liquid prepared by letting pine tar stand in water) as a medical panacea, to provide scientific background supporting the efficacy of tar-water, and to lead the mind of the reader, via gradual steps, toward contemplation of God.”
(from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article on George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne)
