Project Gutenberg 2004-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 8822 Locke, John 1632 1704 Lock, John An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 Reading ease score: 49.8 (College-level). Difficult to read. Steve Harris and David Widger Updated: 2022-11-13. "An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1" by John Locke is a philosophical treatise written during the late 17th century. The work mainly explores the nature of human understanding, asserting that individuals are born without innate ideas and instead acquire knowledge through experience and reflection. The opening of the essay introduces the central theme, where Locke emphasizes the importance of examining human understanding itself as a means to attain knowledge. He argues against the notion of innate principles, suggesting that our knowledge is built from sensory experience and the workings of our mind, rather than being pre-engraved in us from birth. In the initial chapters, he outlines his method of inquiry, focusing on the origins of ideas and the distinctions between knowledge, belief, and opinion. Locke proposes that a clearer understanding of human cognition can lead to more effective engagement with the world around us. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Knowledge, Theory of -- Early works to 1800 B Text Banned Books from Anne Haight's list Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 894134 894439 2024-10-05T05:35:53.006579 2023-10-05T06:15:28.429383 text/html text/html 897577 2022-11-13T06:36:46 text/html 543736 2024-10-05T05:36:00.523575 application/epub+zip 546396 2024-10-05T05:35:53.854539 application/epub+zip 424706 2024-10-05T05:35:53.433576 application/epub+zip 730611 2024-10-05T05:36:06.723522 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 686642 2024-10-05T05:36:00.145515 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 569145 2022-09-05T08:46:30.913177 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 869837 869865 2024-10-05T05:35:52.165577 2023-10-05T06:15:27.646370 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 869644 2022-11-13T06:42:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19543 2024-10-05T05:36:06.861476 application/rdf+xml 17480 2024-10-05T05:35:53.525558 image/jpeg 3014 2024-10-05T05:35:53.480605 image/jpeg 295690 2022-11-13T06:44:06 application/octet-stream application/zip 813390 2022-11-13T06:44:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 814355 2024-10-05T05:35:53.088561 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia