An Essay Concerning Human Understanding; With Thoughts on the Conduct of the Understanding. To Which is Prefixed the Life of the Author; Volume 3

This influential philosophical work by John Locke explores the nature of human understanding and knowledge. It argues that all ideas are derived from sensory experience and that reason and reflection are necessary for true knowledge. The book also contains a biography of Locke.

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