{"product_id":"an-essay-concerning-human-understanding-john-locke-9781840227321","title":"An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: Second Treatise of Goverment","description":"\u003cp\u003eNotes and Introduction by Mark G. Spencer, Brock University, Ontario\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Locke (1632-1704) was perhaps the most influential English writer of his time. His \u003cem\u003eEssay concerning Human Understanding \u003c\/em\u003e(1690) and \u003cem\u003eTwo Treatises of Government \u003c\/em\u003e(1690)\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eweighed heavily on the history of ideas in the eighteenth century, and Locke's works are often ? rightly ? presented as foundations of the Age of Enlightenment. Both the \u003cem\u003eEssay \u003c\/em\u003eand the \u003cem\u003eSecond Treatise \u003c\/em\u003e(by far the more influential of the \u003cem\u003eTwo Treatises\u003c\/em\u003e) were widely read by Locke's contemporaries and near contemporaries. His eighteenth-century readers included philosophers, historians and political theorists, but also community and political leaders, engaged laypersons, and others eager to participate in the expanding print culture of the era. His epistemological message that the mind at birth was a blank slate, waiting to be filled, complemented his political message that human beings were free and equal and had the right to create and direct the governments under which they lived. Today, Locke continues to be an accessible author. He provides food for thought to university professors and their students, but has no less to offer the general reader who is eager to enjoy the classics of world literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Locke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 184022732X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781840227321\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wordsworth Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.80d","brand":"John Locke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045399687423,"sku":"9781840227321","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_084ee297-c63c-4e49-8ae1-37eed0ebbf77.jpg?v=1684978519","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-essay-concerning-human-understanding-john-locke-9781840227321","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}