Related:
A Letter Concerning Toleration,
Adam Smith,
Al-Andalus,
An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding,
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury,
Arabic literature,
Benjamin Franklin,
Brill Publishers,
Classical liberalism,
David Hume,
Descartes,
Desert island,
Edward Pococke,
Empiricism,
England,
English language,
Epistemology,
Experience,
Faith,
Feral child,
George Berkeley,
God,
Gottfried Leibniz,
Hayy ibn Yaqzan,
Human self-reflection,
Ibn Tufail,
Identity (social science),
Immanuel Kant,
Intuition (knowledge),
Islamic philosophy,
Jean-Jacques Rousseau,
John Adams,
John Locke,
Labor theory of property,
Latin,
Limited government,
Lockean proviso,
Mathematics,
Moral philosophy,
Natural philosophy,
Nouveaux essais sur l'entendement humain,
Opinion,
Personal identity (philosophy),
Philosopher,
Polish brethren,
Psychological nativism,
Rationalism,
Robert Filmer,
Science,
Second Treatise on Civil Government,
Social contract,
State of nature,
Tabula rasa,
The United States,
Thomas Hobbes,
Thomas Jefferson,
Thought experiment,
Two Treatises of Government,
Wikiquote,
Wikisource,
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is one of John Locke's two most famous works, the other being his Second Treatise on Civil Government. First appearing in 1690, the essay concerns the foundation of human knowledge and 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 Bishop Berkeley.
Additional info
A Letter Concerning Toleration
A Letter Concerning Toleration by John Locke was originally published in 1689. Its initial publication was in Latin, though it was immediately translated into other languages. Locke's work appeared amidst a fear that Catholicism might be taking over England, and responds to the problem of religion and government by proposing religious toleration as the answer. This "letter" is addressed to an anonymous "Honored Sir": this was actually Locke's close friend Philipp van Limborch, who published it without Locke's knowledge.Adam Smith
Adam Smith (baptised 16 June 1723 – 17 July 1790 [OS: 5 June 1723 – 17 July 1790]) was a Scottish moral philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. The latter, usually abbreviated as The Wealth of Nations, is considered his magnum opus and the first modern work of economics. Adam Smith is widely cited as the father of modern economics.[1][2]An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding
An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding is a book by the Scottish empiricist philosopher David Hume, published in 1748. It was a simplification of an earlier effort, Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature, published anonymously in London in 1739–40. Hume was disappointed with the reception of the Treatise, which "fell stillborn from the press,"[1] as he put it, and so tried again to disseminate his ideas to the public by writing a shorter and more polemical work.Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury PC (22 July 1621 – 21 January 1683), known as Anthony Ashley Cooper from 1621 to 1631, as Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 2nd Baronet from 1631 to 1661, and as The Lord Ashley from 1661 to 1672, was a prominent English politician during the Interregnum and during the reign of King Charles II. A founder of the Whig party, he is probably best known as the patron of John Locke.Arabic literature
Arabic literature (Arabic: الأدب العربي, al-Adab al-‘Arabī) is the writing produced, both prose and poetry, by writers (not-necessarily Arabs) of the Arabic language. The Arabic word used for literature is adab which is derived from a word meaning "to invite someone for a meal," has the additional meaning of etiquette, and implies politeness, culture and enrichment.Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705[1]] – April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, soldier,[2] and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and the glass 'armonica'. He formed both the first public lending library in America and the first fire department in Pennsylvania. He was an early proponent of colonial unity, and as a political writer and activist, he supported the idea of an American nation.[3] As a diplomat during the American Revolution, he secured the French alliance that helped to make independence of the United States possible.