John Locke
John Locke (; 29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism". Considered one of the first of the British empiricists, following the tradition of Francis Bacon, Locke is equally important to social contract theory. His work greatly affected the development of epistemology and political philosophy. His writings influenced Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and many Scottish Enlightenment thinkers, as well as the American Revolutionaries. His contributions to classical republicanism and liberal theory are reflected in the United States Declaration of Independence. Internationally, Locke's political-legal principles continue to have a profound influence on the theory and practice of limited representative government and the protection of basic rights and freedoms under the rule of law.Locke's theory of mind is often cited as the origin of modern conceptions of ''identity'' and the ''self'', figuring prominently in the work of later philosophers such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, David Hume, and Immanuel Kant.
He postulated that, at birth, the mind was a blank slate, or ''tabula rasa''. Contrary to Cartesian philosophy based on pre-existing concepts, he maintained that we are born without innate ideas, and that knowledge is instead determined only by experience derived from sense perception, a concept now known as ''empiricism''. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Locke, John
Published 1737
Published 1737
printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, at the Red-Lion in Pater-Noster-Row; J. and J. Pemberton, at the Golden-Buck in Fleet-Street; J. and P. Knapton, at the Crown in Ludgate Street; and T. Astley, at the Rose in St. Paul's Church-Yard
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by Locke, John
Published 1707
Published 1707
printed by J. H. for Awnsham and John Churchill, at the Black Swan in Pater-Noster-Row
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by Locke, John
Published 1742
Published 1742
printed for A. Ward, S. Birt, T. Osborn, C. Hitch, J. Oswald, A. Millar, J. Hodges, J. Pemberton, F. Gosling, and T. Cooper
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by Locke, John
Published 1743
Published 1743
Printed and sold by Rogers and Fowle in Queen-Street, next to the prison
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by Locke, John
Published 1794
Published 1794
Printed by Manning & Loring, for J. White, Thomas & Andrews, D. West, E. Larkin, J. West, and the proprietor [i.e., William Pynson Blake] of the Boston bookstore
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by Locke, John
Published 1731
Published 1731
Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, in Pater-noster Row; J. Pemberton, near St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-street, and E. Symon, in Cornhill
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by Locke, John
Published 1763
Published 1763
[printed for A. Millar, H. Woodfall, J. Whiston and B. White, J. Rivington, L. Davis and C. Reymers [and 16 others in London]