LOCKE, John.

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.

Written by John Locke, Gent. Twenty-fourth edition with the author's last additions and corrections. Complete, with notes, in one volume.

Stock Code 120944

London, Printed for William Baynes and Son, 1823.

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The Essay Concerning Human Understanding seeks to explain how it is that we as humans acquire our ideas and knowledge. In it, Locke refutes the suggestion of rationalist philosophers like Descartes that man is born with some form of innate understanding, instead famously describing the mind as a 'white paper' (i.e. blank slate) 'void of all characters, without any ideas' which is then filled through sensory experience. As such, the text is considered one of the primary sources of empiricism in early modern philosophy.

8vo (22.5 x 14.5 cm); ownership inscription in pencil to title, slightly toned with spotting; 19th-century half calf, marbled boards, rebacked, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine, spine faded, corners rubbed with loss; xvi, 648pp.

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