Volume 2

Life of John Locke / by H. R. Fox Bourne.

  • Bourne, H. R. Fox (Henry Richard Fox), 1837-1909.
Date:
1876
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Credit: Life of John Locke / by H. R. Fox Bourne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    CHAPTER X. ‘Concerning Human Understanding’ [1671—1690]. The origin and growth of the Essay—debts to Hobbes and Gassendi—the abstract of it in the ‘ Bibliotheqne Universelle ’—the order of its composition . . .... 87—102 The purpose and method of the ‘Essay’—Book I. : So-called “Innate Principles”—Book II.: Ideas ; their Origin ; Sensation and Reflec- tion ; Primary and Secondary Qualities ; Simple and Complex Ideas; Pleasure and Pain, Good and Evil, Happiness and Misery ; Power and Liberty, Will and “Free Will”—Book III.: Words; their Object, Use and Abuse—Book IV.: Knowledge ; its Nature, Degrees and Extent; Reason its only Test ; the proper method of Ethics ; the Existence of God ; the Validity of Revelation . 103—134 The value of the ‘Essay’—its chief merit—its chief blemish . 134—139 The printing of the first edition .... 139—141 CHAPTER XI. In Aid of the Revolution [1689—1692]. The accession of William and Mary—Locke’s share in the Revolution—his refusal of ambassadorship to Brandenburg—his appointment as com- missioner of appeals—relations with the Earl of Monmouth—the comprehension and toleration bills—Locke’s views thereon—his occu- pations at this time—Sir John Somers and the parliamentary elections in 1690—political changes .... 142—164 Locke’s ‘ Two Treatises of Government ’—his answer to Sir Robert Filmer’s ‘ Patriarcha ’—his Essay on ‘ Civil Government; ’ man in “the state of nature;” Locke’s law of property; “the origin and extent of civil government; ” legislative and executive power, and their limits; representation of the people; Locke’s justification of the Revolution—the value of his second treatise . • 165—180 Locke’s ‘ Epistola de Tolerantia ’ and its English version as ‘ A Letter