Essay concerning human understanding

John Locke First published 1689

About this book

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.

Subjects

  • connaissance, théorie de la
  • early works to 1800
  • fiction
  • filosofia
  • history and criticism
  • john locke
  • knowledge
  • knowledge, theory of
  • long now manual for civilization
  • music
  • ouvrages avant 1800
  • technique
  • theory of knowledge