JOHN LOCKE - AN ESSAY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING 2 VOLS empiricism 1731

Description: I have here for sale an early edition of JOHN LOCKE'S - AN ESSAY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING. This complete set of 2 volumes was published in 1731 by ARTHUR BETTESWORTH and CHARLES HITCH at the Red Lion in Pater-moster- Row, et al. His work An Essay Concerning Human Understanding was ground breaking and Locke is considered one of the first of the British empiricists, following the tradition of Francis Bacon, Locke is equally important to social contract theory. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is a work by John Locke concerning the foundation of human knowledge and understanding. It first appeared in 1689 (although dated 1690) with the printed title An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. He describes the mind at birth as a blank slate (tabula rasa, although he did not use those actual words) filled later through experience. The essay was one of the principal sources of empiricism in modern philosophy, and influenced many enlightenment philosophers, such as David Hume and George Berkeley. Book I of the Essay is Locke's attempt to refute the rationalist notion of innate ideas. Book II sets out Locke's theory of ideas, including his distinction between passively acquired simple ideas—such as "red", "sweet", "round"—and actively built complex ideas, such as numbers, causes and effects, abstract ideas, ideas of substances, identity, and diversity. Locke also distinguishes between the truly existing primary qualities of bodies, like shape, motion and the arrangement of minute particles, and the secondary qualities that are "powers to produce various sensations in us"[1] such as "red" and "sweet." These secondary qualities, Locke claims, are dependent on the primary qualities. He also offers a theory of personal identity, offering a largely psychological criterion. Book III is concerned with language, and Book IV with knowledge, including intuition, mathematics, moral philosophy, natural philosophy ("science"), faith, and opinion. Bound in full leather boards. Boards are stained. Title lettering on red block to volume 2 only. Boards have been re-inforce / backed. Board edges and spines are worn. Boards remain firm. Internally: inscriptions/ notes on the endpapers, generally pages are clean and bright. This set is in good+ condition, tightly bound with no loose or missing pages 372,340pp plus index. 21cm x13cm. Postage and packing : I know that you will be looking forward to receiving your order, each book is carefully wrapped in packing paper ( I have changed from bubble wrap to try and reduce my use of plastic) and posted in a Jiffy bag if size permitting, if not it is double wrapped in corrugated cardboard, brown paper and then securely taped. To keep the cost of the postage down to the most economical level per book, you may consider buying more than 1 item from my eBay account. You can then request a combined postage cost and I will combine the items into the fewest parcels as possible - saving you money :) My main posting days are Monday and Thursday ie. If you place an order and payment is received after Thursday 12.00 noon your order will be posted out on Monday. If you place an order and payment is received after Monday 12.00 noon your order will be posted out Thursday morning. If you require your book urgently please contact me and I will do my best. :) Please note that all local taxes , import duties and vat are at the customers own expense.

Price: 399.99 GBP

Location: Northwich

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Binding: Leather

Place of Publication: LONDON

Non-Fiction Subject: Philosophy

Language: English

Original/Reproduction: Original

Region: Europe

Author: JOHN LOCKE

Publisher: BETTESWORTH HITCH

Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom

Original/Facsimile: Original

Year Printed: 1731