An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

1690 · Book · philosophy

John Locke

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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is an essay by John Locke concerning the foundation of human knowledge and understanding. It first appeared in 1689 with the printed title An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. He describes the mind at birth as a blank slate 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.

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Type: Book
Release date: January 1, 1690
Genres: philosophy
Created by: John Locke
Countries: England