An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. And a Treatise on the Conduct of the Understanding
Hardcover
1856 · Philadelphia
by Locke, John
Philadelphia: Hayes & Zell, 1856. Reprint Ex Library. Hardcover. fair+ to vg. Small Quarto. 524pp.,1 folding table. Original full calf with gilt ruling on black leather label of spine, gilt ruling, protected by modern mylar. Marbled edges. Complete in one volume: With the author's last additions and corrections. John Locke's Essay "Concerning Human Understanding" is a philosophical landmark, originally published in 1689.
One of the principal sources of empiricism in modern philosophy, this essay presents a detailed, systematic philosophy of mind and thought, and wrestles with fundamental questions about how we think and perceive, and it touches on how we express ourselves through language, logic, and religious practices. In the introduction, entitled 'The Epistle to the Reader,' Locke describes how he became involved in his current mode of philosophical thinking. He relates an anecdote about a conversation with friends that made him realize that men often suffer in their pursuit of knowledge because they fail to determine the limits of their understanding. Contains folding table "An Analysis of Mr. Locke's Doctrine of Ideas in His Essay of Human Understanding."
Binding with wear along edges, chips and scuffing, some staining on back cover. Joints of spine cracked and light fraying at head and tail. Usual library markings, barcode, library sticker on spine, this with tape coming off front cover, including 1 1/2 x 1/2 inch piece of front cover leather. Library bookplates and stamps. Starting at inside front cover and title page. Light foxing of title page and some light sporadic foxing in block and last few pages. Folding table heavily foxed with 5 1/2" closed tear near gutter. Binding in overall fair+, interior in very good condition. (Inventory #: 47013)
One of the principal sources of empiricism in modern philosophy, this essay presents a detailed, systematic philosophy of mind and thought, and wrestles with fundamental questions about how we think and perceive, and it touches on how we express ourselves through language, logic, and religious practices. In the introduction, entitled 'The Epistle to the Reader,' Locke describes how he became involved in his current mode of philosophical thinking. He relates an anecdote about a conversation with friends that made him realize that men often suffer in their pursuit of knowledge because they fail to determine the limits of their understanding. Contains folding table "An Analysis of Mr. Locke's Doctrine of Ideas in His Essay of Human Understanding."
Binding with wear along edges, chips and scuffing, some staining on back cover. Joints of spine cracked and light fraying at head and tail. Usual library markings, barcode, library sticker on spine, this with tape coming off front cover, including 1 1/2 x 1/2 inch piece of front cover leather. Library bookplates and stamps. Starting at inside front cover and title page. Light foxing of title page and some light sporadic foxing in block and last few pages. Folding table heavily foxed with 5 1/2" closed tear near gutter. Binding in overall fair+, interior in very good condition. (Inventory #: 47013)