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    The Empiricists

    Locke: Concerning Human Understanding; Berkeley: Principles of Human Knowledge &3 Dialogues; Hume: Concerning Human Understanding & Concerning Natural Religion

    Author John Locke, George Berkeley, David Hume
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    On sale Dec 21, 1960 | 528 Pages | 9780385096225
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    This volume includes the major works of the British Empiricists, philosophers who sought to derive all knowledge from experience. All essays are complete except that of Locke, which Professor Richard Taylor
    of Brown University has skillfully abridged. Includes Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Berkeley's Principles of Human Knowledge, and Three Dialogues, and Hume's Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding.
    John Locke View titles by John Locke
    George Berkeley (1685–1753) was an Irish philosopher best known for the advancement of a theory he called "immaterialism." He wrote A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge in 1710. View titles by George Berkeley
    David Hume (1711-76) was born in Edinburgh and devoted himself to philosophy and literature from an early age. In 1739-40, he published his now highly regarded work, A Treatise of Human Nature. He worked as a tutor, judge advocate, librarian, diplomat and senior civil servant, as well as writing further works such as Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion and a six-volume History of England. View titles by David Hume

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    This volume includes the major works of the British Empiricists, philosophers who sought to derive all knowledge from experience. All essays are complete except that of Locke, which Professor Richard Taylor
    of Brown University has skillfully abridged. Includes Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Berkeley's Principles of Human Knowledge, and Three Dialogues, and Hume's Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding.

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    John Locke View titles by John Locke
    George Berkeley (1685–1753) was an Irish philosopher best known for the advancement of a theory he called "immaterialism." He wrote A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge in 1710. View titles by George Berkeley
    David Hume (1711-76) was born in Edinburgh and devoted himself to philosophy and literature from an early age. In 1739-40, he published his now highly regarded work, A Treatise of Human Nature. He worked as a tutor, judge advocate, librarian, diplomat and senior civil servant, as well as writing further works such as Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion and a six-volume History of England. View titles by David Hume

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