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An Abridgment of Mr. Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding
17942305841Boston: Manning & Loring 1794. First American Edition. First American Edition. Fair/No Jacket. First American edition Evans 27227 ESTC W23203. Front board loose boards rubbed spine label absent. 1794 Full-Leather. viii 250 pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf. First published in 1689 this is a foundational work in the influential British school of empiricism of which Locke was among the leading proponents. Empirical philosophy argued that knowledge stemmed from subjective experience a posteriori rather than the operation of objective reason a priori. As such this work contains commentary on how the formation of ideas relates to sensation and perception. This abridgment is the only 18th century American edition of Locke's work which was not published in a complete U.S. edition until 1803. Manning & Loring unknown books
