An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (Paperback, New Ed)

John Locke (1632-1704), Bertrand Russell once said, 'made a bigger difference to the whole intellectual climate of mankind than anyone had done since Aristotle'.

In An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690), he provides a complete account of how we acquire everyday, mathematical, natural scientific, religious and ethical knowledge. Rejecting all appeals to authority and the theory that some knowledge is innate in us, Locke argues that it derives from sense perceptions and experience, as analysed and developed by reason.

While defending these central claims with vigorous common sense, Locke offers many incidental - and highly influential - reflections on space and time, meaning, free will and personal identity. The result is a powerful, pioneering work which, together with Descartes' works, largely set the agenda for modern philosophy.

General

Imprint:	Penguin Books Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Penguin Classics Series
Release date:	June 1997
First published:	February 1998
Authors:	John Locke
Editors:	Roger Woolhouse
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	784
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-14-043482-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	0-14-043482-8
Barcode:	9780140434828

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