An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume I

by John Locke

Overview

John Locke is widely regarded as the father of classical liberalism. This essay was groundbreaking in its approach to foundation of human knowledge and understanding, he describes the mind at birth as a blank slate filled later through experience, the essay became the principle sources of empiricism in modern philosophy and influenced many enlightenment philosophers. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781627936118
Publisher:	Start Classics
Publication date:	11/08/2013
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	334
File size:	478 KB

About the Author

One of the most famous English philosophers of the 17th century, John Locke, was also a physician and a political theorist. Locke believed that individuals are born with natural rights and is one of the founders of the liberal political philosophy. John Locke is best known for his book, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, which contains his theory of ideas. His other popular works of writing include A Letter Concerning Toleration and Two Treatises of Government.