The Two Intellectual Worlds of John Locke: Man, Person, and Spirits in the @quot;Essay@quot;
ISBN: 9781501719561
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Cornell University Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Locke John 1632–1704. Essay concerning human understanding; Knowledge Theory of -- History -- 17th century;

Using his intimate knowledge of John Locke's writings, John W. Yolton shows that Locke comprehends "human understanding" as a subset of a larger understanding of other intelligent Beings--angels, spirits, and an omniscient God. Locke's books on...


The late John W. Yolton was John Locke Professor of the History of Philosophy at Rutgers University. His many books include, most recently, Perception and Reality: A History from Descartes to Kant (also from Cornell) and Realism and Appearances: An Essay in Ontology .

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