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Locke

Thomas Fowler author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:17th Nov '11

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An 1880 biography of the philosopher at the heart of political and intellectual life in Restoration England.

The influence of John Locke (1632–1704) is pervasive in many fields, and this work of 1880 analyses the effect of his writings on theology, education, psychology, economics, political theory and philosophy, as well as giving a chronological account of Locke's life.This biography of the philosopher John Locke (1632–1704) was published in the first series of English Men of Letters in 1880. Its author, Thomas Fowler (1832–1904) held the posts of Wykeham Professor of Logic, President of Corpus Christi College, and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University; the editor of the series, John Morley, had been his pupil. The influence of Locke is pervasive in many fields - theology, education, psychology, economics and political theory as well as philosophy - and Fowler analyses the effect of his writings in five chapters (one dedicated to the Essay Concerning Human Understanding) as well as giving a chronological account of Locke's life from his obscure beginnings through his time at Oxford, his role in the household of the earl of Shaftesbury, and his two periods of travel in Europe, to a position at the heart of political and intellectual life in Restoration England.

ISBN: 9781108034562

Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 12mm

Weight: 280g

214 pages