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Locke: Classic Thinkers

Autor AJ Pyle
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 dec 2012
John Locke (1632-1704) has a good claim to the title of the greatest ever English philosopher, and was a founding father of both the empiricist tradition in philosophy and the liberal tradition in politics. This new book provides an accessible introduction to Locke's thought. Although its primary focus is on the Essay Concerning Human Understanding, it also discusses the Two Treatises on Government, the Essay on Toleration, and the Reasonableness of Christianity, and draws on materials from Locke's correspondence and notebooks to shed light on the contexts of these major works. Locke's arguments for his central claims are subjected to close scrutiny, and his replies to his main critics evaluated. A.J. Pyle takes as his guiding theme Locke's own maxim, that God has given humans enough knowledge for our needs. The philosopher who emerges from these pages is a strikingly modern figure, anti-metaphysical in his attitude both to science and to theology, anti-authoritarian in his politics, and cautiously optimistic about human progress. Locke is indeed one of the founding figures of the Enlightenment, but for Pyle the Lockean Enlightenment is a modest affair of slow and hesitant groping towards the light. As well as serving as an introduction to Locke for students, the book also helps to correct a number of significant errors and misunderstandings that have marred our understanding of Locke and will spark discussion and debate amongst scholars of his work.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780745650678
ISBN-10: 0745650678
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 154 x 224 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Polity Press
Seria Classic Thinkers

Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Undergraduate students of philosophy, political theory, theology politics and law.

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Notă biografică

Andrew Pyle is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Bristol.

Descriere

* Gives a thorough overview of all aspects of Locke s thought * Draws on notebooks and archival materials to add a wealth of empirical detail * Expertly contextualises Locke in relation to philosophical history * Sheds new light on Locke s understanding of the Enlightenment .