History · 1693
Essay concerning human understanding
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- First published
- 1689
- This copy printed
- 1693
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Full leather
- Condition
- Very good — Light wear to the binding, text clean and complete.
- Pages
- 448
About this work
Locke's Essay ... (1690) withstood an onslaught by traditional theologians, for rejecting orthodox theology and the concept of innate ideas: as he suggested that God could make matter think. The Essay quickly became one of the most influential books of the eighteenth century, and its contributions to the philosophy of space and time, matter and power were quickly hailed as formative contributions to ... philosophy''--Amazon.com.