A Brief Review Of The Matrix By George Berkeley

George Berkeley had a theory of immaterialism. In The Matrix, the question “What is real?” can relate to George Berkeley’s Theory of Immaterialism. There are many examples throughout the movie but the main examples are perceiving the senses, perceiving through the mind and perceiving what is real or not.
Berkeley’s theory relates to the Matrix when he was describing that when you think of a cherry you “perceive the sensible qualities such as the colors, flavors, and textures”(Berkeley). The first example that relates to this theory is when Neo is given his first meal and it looks like soup however, all the food they eat is the same, but it is their minds that see what they are eating. Another example is when Cypher has a meeting with an agent and says "“You know, I know that this steak doesn't exist. I know when I put it in my mouth, the Matrix is telling my brain that it is juicy and delicious. After nine years, do you know what I've realized? Ignorance is bliss” (Wachowski). Berkeley would believe that how you feel, smell, taste, or see is just the mind. If a person decided that they wanted to eat a steak their minds would think of all qualities that a steak has.
An example from the movie the matrix is the scene when Neo and Morpheus visit the Oracle and Neo sees a boy bending spoon. The boy says “Do not try to bend the spoon that is impossible instead, only try to realize the truth,…that there is no spoon, then you will see that it is not the spoon that bends it is only yourself” (Wachowski).That is why Neo believed that the spoon does not exist and is only in his mind and is why he was able to bend the spoon without touching it. Berkeley believed that peoples minds perceive without us trying to and that comes naturally to our