The John Locke Collection

by John Locke

John Locke was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism". Considered one of the first of the British empiricists, following the tradition of Sir Francis Bacon, he is equally important to social contract theory. His work greatly affected the development of epistemology and political philosophy. His writings influenced Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, many Scottish Enlightenment thinkers, as well as the American revolutionaries. His contributions to classical republicanism and liberal theory are reflected in the United States Declaration of Independence.The John Locke Collection Essay Concerning Human UnderstandingA Defence Of Mr. Locke’s Opinion Concerning Personal IdentityOf The Conduct Of The UnderstandingElements Of Natural PhilosophyA New Method Of A Common-Place-BookA Letter To The Right Reverend Edward, Lord Bishop Of Worcester, Concerning Some Passages Relating To Mr. Locke’s Essay Of Human UnderstandingMr. Locke’s Reply To The Right Reverend The Lord Bishop Of Worcester’s Answer To His Letter, Concerning Some Passages Relating To Mr. Locke’s Essay Of Human UnderstandingAn Answer To Remarks Upon An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, &CMr. Locke’s Reply To The Right Reverend The Lord Bishop Of Worcester’s Answer To His Second LetterMr. Locke’s Reply To The Bishop Of Worcester’s Answer To His Second LetterSome Considerations Of The Consequences Of The Lowering Of Interest, And Raising The Value Of Money. In A Letter Sent To A Member Of Parliament, 1691Short Observations On A Printed Paper, Entitled, For Encouraging The Coining Silver Money In England, And After For Keeping It HereFurther Considerations Concerning Raising The Value Of MoneyTwo Treatises Of GovernmentA Letter Concerning TolerationA Second Letter Concerning TolerationA Third Letter For TolerationA Fourth Letter For TolerationThe Reasonableness Of Christianity, As Delivered In The Scriptures 

Genres: Philosophy, Classics

634 pages, Paperback

Published November 6, 2014

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John Locke was an English philosopher. He is considered the first of the British Empiricists, but is equally important to social contract theory. His ideas had enormous influence on the development of epistemology and political philosophy, and he is widely regarded as one of the most influential Enlightenment thinkers and contributors to liberal theory. His writings influenced Voltaire and Rousseau, many Scottish Enlightenment thinkers, as well as the American revolutionaries. This influence is reflected in the American Declaration of Independence.

Locke's theory of mind is often cited as the origin for modern conceptions of identity and "the self", figuring prominently in the later works of philosophers such as David Hume, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Immanuel Kant. Locke was the first Western philosopher to define the self through a continuity of "consciousness." He also postulated that the mind was a "blank slate" or "tabula rasa"; that is, contrary to Cartesian or Christian philosophy, Locke maintained that people are born without innate ideas.