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LOCKE, John (1632-1704). An Essay concerning Humane Understanding. London: Printed [by Elizabeth Holt] for Thomas Basset, 1690.
2o (318 x 192 mm). Collation: A4 a2 (title, author's dedication to the eighth Earl of Pembroke, epistle to the reader, errata); B-Z4 Aa4 (text Books I-II); Bb-Zz4 Aaa-Ccc4 (Books III-IV, table of contents). Type-ornament vignette on title. Contemporary English calf (a few repairs to spine); cloth folding case. Provenance: G.B. Strutt (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, second issue of the first modern theory of human knowledge. Locke investigates the mechanism of comprehension, analyses the extent of the human ability to apprehend ideas and to what extent the mind can understand the universe. Locke's conclusion was that knowledge inevitably falls short of total comprehension, but that we are not at the mercy of pure chance and can go a considerable distance towards controlling our own destiny. Pforzheimer 600; PMM 164; Wing L-2739; See Norman 1380.
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FIRST EDITION, second issue of the first modern theory of human knowledge. Locke investigates the mechanism of comprehension, analyses the extent of the human ability to apprehend ideas and to what extent the mind can understand the universe. Locke's conclusion was that knowledge inevitably falls short of total comprehension, but that we are not at the mercy of pure chance and can go a considerable distance towards controlling our own destiny. Pforzheimer 600; PMM 164; Wing L-2739; See Norman 1380.