Project Gutenberg 2004-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 11713 Locke, John 1632 1704 Lock, John An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Essay_Concerning_Human_Understanding Steve Harris and David Widger Updated: 2022-11-13. "An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1" by John Locke is a philosophical treatise written during the late 17th century. The work mainly explores the nature of human understanding, asserting that individuals are born without innate ideas and instead acquire knowledge through experience and reflection. The opening of the essay introduces the central theme, where Locke emphasizes the importance of examining human understanding itself as a means to attain knowledge. He argues against the notion of innate principles, suggesting that our knowledge is built from sensory experience and the workings of our mind, rather than being pre-engraved in us from birth. In the initial chapters, he outlines his method of inquiry, focusing on the origins of ideas and the distinctions between knowledge, belief, and opinion. Locke proposes that a clearer understanding of human cognition can lead to more effective engagement with the world around us. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 49.8 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Knowledge, Theory of -- Early works to 1800 B Text Banned Books from Anne Haight's list Category: Philosophy & Ethics 894190 2025-10-05T04:10:01.357310 text/html 873736 2024-10-28T17:56:15 text/html 543672 2025-10-05T04:10:08.103229 application/epub+zip 546291 2025-10-05T04:10:02.166311 application/epub+zip 424600 2025-10-05T04:10:01.767279 application/epub+zip 730465 2025-10-05T04:10:13.629786 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 686658 2025-10-05T04:10:07.747319 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 569145 2022-09-05T08:46:30.913177 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 869824 2025-10-05T04:10:00.898257 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 849976 2024-10-28T17:56:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16041 2025-10-05T04:10:13.757697 application/rdf+xml 17480 2025-10-05T04:10:01.859273 image/jpeg 3014 2025-10-05T04:10:01.813356 image/jpeg 814362 2025-10-05T04:10:01.435249 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia