An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is John Locke’s foundational philosophical work that explores the origins, limits, and nature of human knowledge and helped shape Enlightenment thought.

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author John Locke ⓘ
book1MainTopic innate ideas ⓘ
book2MainTopic origin of ideas ⓘ
book3MainTopic language and meaning ⓘ
book4MainTopic knowledge and opinion ⓘ
claims the mind is a tabula rasa at birth ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
discusses association of ideas ⓘ
complex ideas ⓘ
knowledge of the external world ⓘ
nominal essence ⓘ
personal identity over time ⓘ
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firstPublished 1690 ⓘ
genre early modern philosophy ⓘ
epistemology ⓘ
hasEdition 1694 edition ⓘ
1700 edition ⓘ
hasPart Book I ⓘ
Book II ⓘ
Book III ⓘ
Book IV ⓘ
influenced David Hume ⓘ
Enlightenment thought ⓘ
George Berkeley ⓘ
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Immanuel Kant ⓘ
Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
René Descartes ⓘ
scholastic philosophy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainTopic empiricism ⓘ
human knowledge ⓘ
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limits of knowledge ⓘ
personal identity ⓘ
movement British empiricism ⓘ
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notableConcept degrees of assent ⓘ
tabula rasa ⓘ
period Early Modern period ⓘ
philosophicalPosition empiricism ⓘ
publicationDate 1689 ⓘ
publisher Thomas Basset ⓘ

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