First published in 1689, John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding is widely recognised as among the greatest works in the history of Western philosophy

The book studies the history and theory of the essay and its social, political, and aesthetic contexts.

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Each volume of this series of companions to major philosophers contains specially commissioned essays by an international team of scholars, together with a subs

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