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Enlightenment · Philosophy
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
by John Locke. Locke argues that ideas arise from experience and examines the limits of knowledge, language, and personal identity.
- Date
- 1689
- Origin
- England
- Genre
- Philosophy
- Difficulty
- Very challenging
- Length
- Very long
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Why it matters
Locke argues that ideas arise from experience and examines the limits of knowledge, language, and personal identity.
This work is included in the collection on the basis of great books. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.
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