An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)

by John Locke, Walter R. Ott (Introduction), Alexander C. Fraser (Editor)

Overview

Volume 2 of Lockes monumental work containing every word of all four books comprising the Essay. The editor, Professor A. C. Fraser, has provided marginal analyses of almost every paragraph, plus hundreds of explanatory footnotes which comment, elaborate, explain difficult points, etc.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411429345
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	09/01/2009
Series:	Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	688
File size:	1 MB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Born in 1632 in Somerset, England, John Locke was the son of an attorney in a middle-class family. In 1652 he went to Oxford and studied medicine. The first earl of Shaftesbury introduced Locke to the world of politics, and early in their association, Locke served as secretary of the Board of Trade and Plantations and secretary to the Lords Proprietors of the Carolinas. In 1696, Locke was made Commissioner of Trade, a position he held for several years before his death in 1704.