Locke: A Very Short Introduction - John Dunn

Locke: A Very Short Introduction

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Buch | Softcover
144 Seiten
2003
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-280394-8 (ISBN)
11,20 inkl. MwSt
In this book John Dunn shows how Locke arrived at his theory of knowledge, and how the liberal values of toleration and responsible government formed the backbone of enlightened European thought of the eighteenth century. Focusing on the shape of Locke's intellectual life it looks at the two questions which he addressed with such tenacity: 'how Man can know' and 'how Man should try to live'.
John Locke (1632-1704) one of the greatest English philosophers of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, argued in his masterpiece, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, that our knowledge is founded in experience and reaches us principally through our senses; but its message has been curiously misunderstood. In this book John Dunn shows how Locke arrived at his theory of knowledge, and how his exposition of the liberal values of toleration and responsible government formed the backbone of enlightened European thought of the eighteenth century.

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John Dunn is a Fellow of King's College and Professor of Political Theory at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of The Political Thought of John Locke, Western Political Theory in the Face of the Future, Modern Revolutions, and The History of Political Theory, and the editor of Democracy: The Unfinished Journey.

Preface ; 1. Life ; 2. The politics of trust ; 3. Knowledge, belief and faith ; Conclusion ; Note on sources ; Further reading

Reihe/Serie Very Short Introductions
Zusatzinfo 8 black and white illustrations
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 114 x 178 mm
Gewicht 122 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Philosophie
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie der Neuzeit
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Theorie
ISBN-10 0-19-280394-8 / 0192803948
ISBN-13 978-0-19-280394-8 / 9780192803948
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