Drafts for the Essay concerning human understanding, and other philosophical writings
By: John Locke ; edited by Peter H. Nidditch and G.A.J. Rogers.
Contributors: Nidditch, P. H.; Rogers, G. A. J. 1938-
Series: The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Subjects: Knowledge, Theory of -- Early works to 1800.; Philosophy -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Volume 2 provides the first complete edition of the third and final surviving draft of John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding, dating from 1685, four years before the publication of the Essay itself (December 1689). There is a General Introduction that gives a detailed account of the content and circumstances of composition of this draft, and a Textual Introduction that provides a full description of the manuscript and its history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: V. 1. Drafts A and B