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London: Awnsham and John Churchill and Samuel Manship, 1694. Second Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good Condition. Full contemporary paneled calf, worn, rebacked and with small repairs to the corners, new endpapers added. Lacking the portrait and with an old repair in the gutter of the title a little yellowed and the first few pages adhered slightly in the inner margin. A touch of marginal browning early on, but generally a clean, bright, well margined copy. The first concentrated attempt to define the limits of human knowledge and the human capacity for comprehension - Hume and Kant built more ornate structures on these same ideas, but the foundation was all Locke's. "Philosophy without Dogma" (PMM 164 for the first edition of 1690). (xl), 407, (blank), (11), (blank). Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Philosophy; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044491.

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is a work by John Locke concerning the foundation of human knowledge and understanding. It first appeared in 1690.