An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume II

by John Locke

Overview

John Locke was one of the greatest Enlightenment thinkers. In the second volume of An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Locke lays out the view that every idea originates from sensation or reflection. Locke advances a systematic argument for the existence of God through which he writes, "...our reason leads us to the knowledge of this certain and evident truth, that there is an eternal, most powerful, and most knowing being; which whether any one will please to call God, it matters not!" Alacrity Press is proud to make this work of classic political theory, An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume II by John Locke available to modern readers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781533332806
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	06/13/2016
Pages:	358
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.74(d)

About the Author

One of the most famous English philosophers of the 17th century, John Locke, was also a physician and a political theorist. Locke believed that individuals are born with natural rights and is one of the founders of the liberal political philosophy. John Locke is best known for his book, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, which contains his theory of ideas. His other popular works of writing include A Letter Concerning Toleration and Two Treatises of Government.