The Bloomsbury Companion to Locke

John Locke (1632-1704) was a leading seventeenth-century philosopher and widely considered to be the first of the British Empiricists. One of the most influential Enlightenment thinkers, his major works and central ideas have had a significant impact on the development of key areas in political philosophy and epistemology. is a comprehensive and accessible resource to Locke's life and work, his contemporaries and critics, his key concepts and enduring influence. Including more than 80 specially commissioned entries, written by a team of leading experts, topics range from absolutism to toleration, from education to socinianism. The Companion features a series of indispensable research tools including a chronology of Locke's life, an A-Z of his key concepts and synopses of his principal writings. This is an essential resource for anyone working in the fields of Locke Studies and Seventeenth-Century Philosophy.

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• Authors: S J Savonius Wroth, Savonius Wroth S J, S. J. Savonius-Wroth
• Assisted by: S. -J Savonius-Wroth (Editor), S. J. Savonius-Wroth (Editor), S.-J. Savonius-Wroth (Editor), Savonius-Wroth S.-J. (Editor), Paul Schuurman (Editor), Schuurman Paul (Editor), Jonathan Walmsley (Editor), Walmsley Jonathan (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.10.2014
• EAN: 9781472528445
• ISBN: 978-1-4725-2844-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 235 mm x 27 mm
• Series: Bloomsbury Companions; Bloomsbury Companions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Western philosophy: Enlightenment