{"product_id":"an-essay-concerning-human-understanding-isbn-9780140434828","title":"An Essay Concerning Human Understanding","description":"In\u003ci\u003e An Essay Concerning Human Understanding\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 1690, John Locke (1632-1704) provides a complete account of how we acquire everyday, mathematical, natural scientific, religious and ethical knowledge. Rejecting the theory that some knowledge is innate in us, Locke argues that it derives from sense perceptions and experience, as analysed and developed by reason. While defending these central claims with vigorous common sense, Locke offers many incidental - and highly influential - reflections on space and time, meaning, free will and personal identity. The result is a powerful, pioneering work, which, together with Descartes's works, largely set the agenda for modern philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.Introduction\u003cbr\u003eFurther Reading\u003cbr\u003eBibliographical Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003eA Note on the Text\u003cbr\u003eTitle-page of the Fifth Edition\u003cbr\u003eAN ESSAY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING\u003cbr\u003eThe Epistle Dedicatory\u003cbr\u003eThe Epistle to the Reader\u003cbr\u003eThe Contents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook I: Of Innate Notions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI Introduction\u003cbr\u003eII No Innate Principles in the Mind\u003cbr\u003eIII No Innate Practical Principles\u003cbr\u003eIV Other Considerations concerning Innate Principles, both Speculative and Practical\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook II: Of Innate Notions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI Of Ideas in General, and their Original\u003cbr\u003eII Of Simple Ideas\u003cbr\u003eIII Of Ideas of One Sense\u003cbr\u003eIV Of Solidity\u003cbr\u003eV Of Simple Ideas of Divers Senses\u003cbr\u003eVI Of Simple Ideas of Reflection\u003cbr\u003eVII Of Simple Ideas of both Sensation and Reflection\u003cbr\u003eVIII Some further Considerations concerning our Simple Ideas\u003cbr\u003eIX Of Perception\u003cbr\u003eX Of Retention\u003cbr\u003eXI Of Discerning, and other Operations of the Mind\u003cbr\u003eXII Of Complex Ideas\u003cbr\u003eXIII Of Simple Modes; and first, of the Simple Modes of Space\u003cbr\u003eXIV Of Duration, and its Simple Modes\u003cbr\u003eXV Of Duration and Expansion, considered together\u003cbr\u003eXVI Of Number\u003cbr\u003eXVII Of Infinity\u003cbr\u003eXVIII Of other Simple Modes\u003cbr\u003eXIX Of the Modes of Thinking\u003cbr\u003eXX Of Modes of Pleasure and Pain\u003cbr\u003eXXI Of Power\u003cbr\u003eXXII Of Mixed Modes\u003cbr\u003eXXIII Of our Complex Ideas of Substances\u003cbr\u003eXXIV Of Collective Ideas of Substances\u003cbr\u003eXXV Of Relation\u003cbr\u003eXXVI Of Cause and Effect, and other Relations\u003cbr\u003eXXVII Of Identity and Diversity\u003cbr\u003eXXVIII Of other Relations\u003cbr\u003eXXIX Of Clear and Obscure, Distinct and Confused Ideas\u003cbr\u003eXXX Of Real and Fantastical Ideas\u003cbr\u003eXXXI Of Adequate and Inadequate Ideas\u003cbr\u003eXXXII Of True and False Ideas\u003cbr\u003eXXXIII Of the Association of Ideas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook III: Of Words\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI Of Words or Language in General\u003cbr\u003eII Of the Signification of Words\u003cbr\u003eIII Of General Terms\u003cbr\u003eIV Of the Names of Simple Ideas\u003cbr\u003eV Of the Names of Mixed Modes and Relations\u003cbr\u003eVI Of the Names of Substances\u003cbr\u003eVII Of Particles\u003cbr\u003eVIII Of Abstract and Concrete Terms\u003cbr\u003eIX Of the Imperfection of Words\u003cbr\u003eX Of the Abuse of Words\u003cbr\u003eXI Of the Remedies of the Foregoing Imperfections and Abuses\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook IV: Of Knowledge and Opinion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI Of Knowledge in General\u003cbr\u003eII Of the Degrees of Our Knowledge\u003cbr\u003eIII Of the Extent of Human Knowledge\u003cbr\u003eIV Of the Reality of Knowledge\u003cbr\u003eV Of Truth in General\u003cbr\u003eVI Of Universal Propositions, their Truth and Certainty\u003cbr\u003eVII Of Maxims\u003cbr\u003eVIII Of Trifling Propositions\u003cbr\u003eIX Of our Knowledge of Existence\u003cbr\u003eX Of our Knowledge of the Existence of a God\u003cbr\u003eXI Of our Knowledge of the Existence of Things\u003cbr\u003eXII Of the Improvement of our Knowledge\u003cbr\u003eXIII Some further Considerations concerning our Knowledge\u003cbr\u003eXIV Of Judgment\u003cbr\u003eXv Of Probability\u003cbr\u003eXVI Of the Degrees of Assent\u003cbr\u003eXVII Of Reason\u003cbr\u003eXVIII Of Faith and Reason, and their Distinct Provinces\u003cbr\u003eXIX Of Enthusiasm\u003cbr\u003eXX Of Wrong Assent, or Error\u003cbr\u003eXXI Of the Division of the Sciences\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix: \u003cbr\u003eJohn Locke's Debate with Edward Stillingfleet, Bishop of Worcester, as it figures in footnotes in the Fifth Edition of the \u003ci\u003eEssay\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex to the Fifth Edition\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Locke\u003c\/b\u003e (1632-1704) was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and held various academic posts at that university, lecturing on Greek and rhetoric. However, his interests lay in medicine and the new experimental sciences and in 1667 he became personal physician to the Earl of Shaftesbury. Under the influence of Shaftesbury, Locke developed his ideas on politics, property, trade, monarchy and the mind. Shaftesbury became a bitter opponent of Charles II and was involved in the plot of 1683. This forced Locke to flee in exile to Holland, but he returned after 1688 and began to publish his most famous works. He wrote also on ethology, education, and in defense of religious tolerance, while founding the analytic philosophy of the mind.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303471894757,"sku":"NP9780140434828","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140434828.jpg?v=1767721505","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/an-essay-concerning-human-understanding-isbn-9780140434828","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}