John Locke — An Essay Concerning Human Understanding 1690

Yorkshire, Scolar Press, 1970. Cloth. A very smart facsimile edition of this collection of essays from English philosopher John Locke. Facsimile edition. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is a work concerning the foundation of human knowledge and understanding. First published in 1689 (although dated 1690), the essay was one of the principal sources of empiricism in modern philosophy. Locke explores human development and describes the mind at birth as a blank slate filled later through experience. Written by John Locke, an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism". In the original green cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .