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CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013-10-09. Paperback. Used:Good.

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013-10-09. Paperback. Used: Good.

MP3 Audio CD. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 2: Excerpt (in Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 058 ) BOOK III OF WORDS CHAPTER I. OF WORDS OR LANGUAGE IN GENERAL. 1. Man fitted to form articulated Sounds. God, having designed man for a sociable creature, made him not only with an inclination, and under a necessity to have fellowship with those of his own kind, but furnished him also with language, which was to be the great instrument and common tie of society. Man, therefore, had by nature his organs so fashioned, as to be fit to frame articulate sounds, which we call words. But this was not enough to produce language; for parrots, and several other birds, will be taught to make articulate sounds distinct enough, which yet by no means are capable of language. 2. To use these sounds as Signs of Ideas. Besides articulate sounds, therefore, it was further necessary that he should be able to use these sounds as signs of internal conceptions; and to make them stand as marks for… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 2: Excerpt (in Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 058 ) BOOK III OF WORDS CHAPTER I. OF WORDS OR LANGUAGE IN GENERAL. 1. Man fitted to form articulated Sounds. God, having designed man for a sociable creature, made him not only with an inclination, and under a necessity to have fellowship with those of his own kind, but furnished him also with language, which was to be the great instrument and common tie of society. Man, therefore, had by nature his organs so fashioned, as to be fit to frame articulate sounds, which we call words. But this was not enough to produce language; for parrots, and several other birds, will be taught to make articulate sounds distinct enough, which yet by no means are capable of language. 2. To use these sounds as Signs of Ideas. Besides articulate sounds, therefore, it was further necessary that he should be able to use these sounds as signs of internal conceptions; and to make them stand as marks for… Read More

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Paperback / softback. New.

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AN ESSAY CONCERNING HUMANE UNDERSTANDING IN FOUR BOOKS, Printed for Awnsham and John Churchil, at the Black-Swan in Pater-Noster Row; and Samuel Manship, at the Ship in Cornhill, near the Royal-Exchange, 1700, Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged (the last edition to be published in Locke's lifetime), four books in one volume complete, folio, 438 pp plus 12 pp index and errata, full leather covers detached and worn, base of leather spine chipped, lower fore edge corner of front free end-paper and title page chipped and worn, however, with no loss of text to the title page, much less chipping and fore edge damage to the next seven leaves (again with no loss to the text), some staining to the bottom section and center gutters of the last 31 leaves entering the text but never defacing it, faint narrow and unobtrusive stain to the lower fore edge section of most pages, some staining to the first 20 leaves again entering the text but never defacing it. A decent candidate for rebinding as a majority of… Read More

London: Printed for Awnsham and John Churchill, 1706. Fifth edition. four books in one. Modern tidy rebind, new endpapers which are lightly browned. Title page a little rubbed with some browning to verso. Contents slightly wrinkled but very clean and tidy, the odd spot, some pages have a bottom corner crease, p.445 has loss to bottom corner, not affecting text, p.589 has small ink correction. Otherwise clean, bright and sturdy. . Cloth. Very Good. Folio.

, [xl], 438 pages, index [11] & errata [1] at rear, portrait frontispiece of the author, signed on the reverse of frontispiece by J. F. Pettit and James Cardinal (1756) of Earls Colne [Essex], also signed by James Cardinal at head of title page

London: A. and J.Churchill and Samuel Manship, 1710. Sixth Edition. Sixth Edition. Two volumes, 8vo. [32], 371, [1]: [16], 340, [28] pages, additional blank leaves at front and rear of both volumes. Contemporary paneled calf with central patterning, blindstamped design work on both covers. Portrait frontispiece to volume one, none to volume two, as called for, early owner's name on recto of frontis and fly leaf of second volume bearing the date, 1712. Wear to spines, lacking spine labels. This appears to be a particularly scarce edition, with none other bearing the date 1710 found in commerce.

London: Printed for Awnsham and John Churchill, 1706. FIFTH EDITION. Index bound after Contents and before text. Contemporary full-paneled calf, panels blind-stamped on front and rear boards, edges partially rubbed with corners reinforced, rebacked; interior excellent.

London: Albasham, John Churchill, and Samuel Manship, 1694. Second edition. Second edition. Folio. Bound in modern full polished dark brown calf. Engraved portrait frontispiece Sylvester Brounower (first appearance in this edition); title-page printed within double rule border. The second issue with the Churchill/Manship imprint. With the scarce frontispiece portrait, first appearance in this edition and the text was considerably expanded. The foundation for classical British Empiricism, arose from Locke's correspondence with Irish scientist William Molyneux. Locke concludes that "though knowledge must necessarily fall short of complete comprehension, it can at least be 'sufficient' enough to convince us that we are not at the mercy of pure chance, and can to some extent control our own destiny (PMM 164). Brunet VII: 883; ESTC R21459; Wing L-2740. In very nice condition internally, with minor soiling and browning; covers separating at spine margins and separating upper portion. From the noted… Read More

London: Printed for Awnsham and John Churchil, at the Black Swan in Pater-Noster-Row, and Samuel Manship, at the Ship in Cornhill, Near the Royal Exchange, 1694. Full Leather. Very Good. Folio. Second Edition. Pp. [40], 407, [13]. Engraved frontis portrait. Old calf binding, recently rebacked, raised bands, blind rules, gilt label, recornered with edges restored, endpapers renewed. Covers somewhat worn and scuffed with evidence of tape removal near joints, frontis and title a little dusty with scratched out ink signature on title, printing defect at pp. 199-200 (corner turned with some loss of type, supplied in ink script); overall, a nice clean copy, in a skilfully restored binding. The second edition of the Essay is particularly valued by scholars since it contains important changes and additions to the text, as well as adding a portrait. "It is Locke's second edition of the 'Essay on Human understanding' that is the masterpiece we remember; the first, 1690, edition did not bear Locke's name, nor… Read More

London: by Eliz. Holt, for Thomas Basset,, 1690. One of the principal sources of empiricism in modern philosophy First edition, first issue, with the Holt imprint. Locke worked for nearly two decades on his investigation of "the certainty and the adequacy of human knowledge" (PMM), and the resulting landmark work influenced many Enlightenment philosophers. Locke argued that all our knowledge comes from experience and through our senses, rather than innate ideas. The mind is at birth a clean sheet, a tabula rasa; since only material things can affect our sense, we can know nothing but matter and must accept a materialistic philosophy. Locke concluded that "though knowledge must necessarily fall short of complete comprehension, it can at least be 'sufficient'; enough to convince us that we are not at the mercy of pure chance, and can to some extent control our own destiny" (ODNB). Locke's Essay quickly ran to several editions and was popularized on the continent through French translations. "Few books… Read More