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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
by John Locke. Locke argues that ideas arise from experience and examines the limits of knowledge, language, and personal identity.
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- Date
- 1689
- Origin
- England
- Genre
- Philosophy
- Canon tier
- Essential core
- Difficulty
- Very challenging
- Length
- Very long
- Collection
- The Western Canon
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Why it matters
Locke argues that ideas arise from experience and examines the limits of knowledge, language, and personal identity.
This work is included on the basis of great books. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.
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