num_pages: 748
description: Published in 1689, John Locke's pioneering investigation into the origins, certainty, and extent of human knowledge set the groundwork for modern philosophy and influenced psychology, literature, political theory, and other areas of human thought and expression.
language: English
title: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
titlecomplete: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
genres: Theory, Politics, Political Science, Philosophy, 17th Century, Psychology, Nonfiction, Essays, Classics, History
ratings_count: 16122
publisher: Oxford University Press