first edition Recent marbled boards with calf spine, gilt burgundy morocco label
1728 · London:
by [Browne, Peter]
London: Printed for William Innys, 1728 First edition. Recent marbled boards with calf spine, gilt burgundy morocco label. Octavo. A very good, crisp copy. Peter Browne (d. 1735), Bishop of Cork, became known as a writer for his attack upon Toland's Christianity Not Mysterious. The present work attacks John Locke in his Essay on Human Understanding for what Browne termed "sensationalism. "The doctrine of analogy is applied here also. Deals as well with the thinking matter controversy, with our knowledge of body, and our knowledge of self. Browne develops a conception of notions for what he earlier called `mediate ideas'" (Yolton, John Locke: A Reference Guide, p. 20). Browne also became involved in philosophical debates with Berkeley. (See D.N.B.)
(Inventory #: 11081)