Locke's 'Essay Concerning Human Understanding' - A Reader's Guide

Continuum''s Reader''s Guides are clear, concise and accessible introductions to classic works of philosophy. Each book explores the major themes, historical and philosophical context and key passages of a major philosophical text, guiding the reader toward a thorough understanding of often demanding material. Ideal for undergraduate students, the guides provide an essential resource for anyone who needs to get to grips with a philosophical text. John Locke''s Essay Concerning Human Understanding is a classic text, which laid out the basic principles of the Empiricism that was to characterise British Philosophy for centuries to come.This is a hugely important and exciting, yet challenging, piece of philosophical writing. In Locke''s Essay Concerning Human Understanding: A Reader''s Guide , Bill Uzgalis explains the philosophical background against which the book was written and the key themes inherent in the text.The book then guides the reader to a clear understanding of the text as a whole, before exploring the reception and influence of this classic philosophical work. This is the ideal companion to study of this most influential and challenging of texts.

Product details

• Authors: Bill Uzgalis, William Uzgalis
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.04.2007
• EAN: 9780826490339
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-9033-9
• No. of pages: 148
• Series: Reader's Guides; Continuum Reader's Guides (Pap; Reader's Guides; Continuum Reader's Guides (Pap
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works