Name: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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Author: John Locke
ISBN: 9781511528658

portada An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

Type

Physical Book

Author

John Locke

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

666

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9x15.2x3.4 cm

Weight

0.88 kg.

ISBN13

9781511528658

Synopsis "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding"

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is a work by John Locke concerning the foundation of human knowledge and understanding. It first appeared in 1689 (although dated 1690) with the printed title An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. He describes the mind at birth as a blank slate (tabula rasa, although he did not use those actual words) filled later through experience. The essay was one of the principal sources of empiricism in modern philosophy, and influenced many enlightenment philosophers, such as David Hume and George Berkeley.

John Locke

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John Locke (1632-1704) was an English philosopher who laid the foundations of the European Enlightenment. Locke believed that each branch of government should have separate powers, that freedom should be protected from state interference, and that the state should protect its citizens' private property. These ideas greatly influenced the founding fathers of the United States. Locke also proposed a new theory of knowledge acquisition based entirely on experience and reflection.

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