Locke: A Very Short Introduction

by John Dunn

Overview

John Locke (1632-1704) one of the greatest English philosophers of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, argued in his masterpiece, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, that our knowledge is founded in experience and reaches us principally through our senses; but its message has been curiously misunderstood. In this book John Dunn shows how Locke arrived at his theory of knowledge, and how his exposition of the liberal values of toleration and responsible government formed the backbone of enlightened European thought of the eighteenth century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780192803948
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	07/31/2003
Series:	Very Short Introductions , #84
Edition description:	Updated Edition
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	7.14(w) x 4.40(h) x 0.35(d)
Lexile:	1390L (what's this?)

About the Author

John Dunn is a Fellow of King's College and Professor of Political Theory at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of The Political Thought of John Locke, Western Political Theory in the Face of the Future, Modern Revolutions, and The History of Political Theory, and the editor of Democracy: The Unfinished Journey.

Table of Contents

Preface
1. Life
2. The politics of trust
3. Knowledge, belief and faith
Conclusion
Note on sources
Further reading