An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

Name: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
Author: John Locke

by John Locke

Epistemological work arguing knowledge comes from sensory experience and reflection

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John Locke

English philosopher who founded liberalism and empiricism. His Two Treatises of Government argued for natural rights, consent of the governed, and the right to revolution, directly inspiring the American Declaration of Independence. His Essay Concerning Human Understanding established the mind as a blank slate shaped by experience.

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