The Works of John Locke - Primary Source Edition

by John Locke

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Genres: Philosophy, Politics, Classics, Nonfiction, History, Amazon

510 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1794

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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.

Reviews

[Erika]

required reading at Bennington with Mr Ricks

[David Vincent · Rating 5 out of 5]

Much of the U.S. constitution was founded on the Bible and John Locke.

[Thara Tenney · Rating 4 out of 5]

Difficult reading, but there is much to learn from Locke.

[Bk Kalundu · Rating 4 out of 5]

There is wisdom in old classic literature, before the world got corrupted with the what ifs. It is a very good writing, on many areas of life, education, governance, Church, society....great read.

[James Payne · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read it because our founding fathers were so influenced by him. The 18th century prose made it difficult for me to read and I was constantly looking up the meaning of anachronistic words