Locke Books

New and Published Books

1. John Locke

   By Geraint Parry

   From earliest times Locke's writings have been the subject of controversy. An intellectual caught up in the politics of late 17th century England, his writings on politics reveal a man attempting to combine an analysis of the underlying principles of society with a deep commitment to a specific...

   Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
2. The Routledge Guidebook to Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding

   By E. J. Lowe

   Series: The Routledge Guides to the Great Books

   John Locke is widely acknowledged as the most important figure in the history of English philosophy and An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is his greatest intellectual work, emphasising the importance of experience for the formation of knowledge. The Routledge Guidebook to Locke’s Essay...

   Published January 31st 2013 by Routledge
3. Debates in Modern Philosophy

   Essential Readings and Contemporary Responses

   Edited by Stewart Duncan, Antonia LoLordo

   Series: Key Debates in the History of Philosophy

   Debates in Modern Philosophy: Essential Readings and Contemporary Responses provides an in-depth, engaging introduction to important issues in modern philosophy. It presents 13 key interpretive debates to students, and ranges in coverage from Descartes' Meditations to Kant's Critique of Pure...

   Published December 19th 2012 by Routledge
4. Concepts and Reality in the History of Philosophy

   Tracing a Philosophical Error from Locke to Bradley

   By Fiona Ellis

   Series: Routledge Advances in the History of Philosophy

   This book traces a deep misunderstanding about the relation of concepts and reality in the history of philosophy. It exposes the influence of the mistake in the thought of Locke, Berkeley, Kant, Nietzche and Bradley, and suggests that the solution can be found in Hegelian thought. Ellis argues that...

   Published September 18th 2012 by Routledge
5. John Locke

   Edited by Peter R. Anstey

   Series: Critical Assessments of Leading Philosophers

   Today, John Locke is recognized as one of the most important and formative philosophical influences on the modern world. His imprint is still felt in political and legal thought, in educational theory, moral theory and in the theory of knowledge. Locke’s key works, Two Treatises of Government, and...

   Published July 30th 2006 by Routledge
6. The Philosophy of John Locke

   New Perspectives

   Edited by Peter R. Anstey

   Series: Routledge Studies in Seventeenth Century Philosophy

   This collection of new essays on John Locke's philosophy provides the most up-to-date entrée into the exciting developments taking place in the study of one of the most important contributors to modern thought. Covering Locke's natural philosophy, his political and moral thought and his philosophy...

   Published April 5th 2006 by Routledge
7. Locke

   By E.J. Lowe

   Series: The Routledge Philosophers

   John Locke (1632-1704) was one of the towering philosophers of the Enlightenment and arguably the greatest English philosopher. Many assumptions we now take for granted, about liberty, knowledge and government, come from Locke and his most influential works, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding...

   Published April 17th 2005 by Routledge
8. John Locke

   En Essay Concerning Human Understanding in Focus

   Edited by Gary Fuller, Robert Stecker, John P. Wright

   John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding is among the most important books in philosophy ever written. It is also a difficult work dealing with many themes, including the origin of ideas; the extent and limits of human knowledge; the philosophy of perception; and religion and morality....

   Published April 26th 2000 by Routledge
9. Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Locke on Government

   By David Lloyd Thomas

   Series: Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks

   John Locke is one of the most important figures in the history of political thought. His Second Treatise on Government was one of the most significant political statements of its time and provides the foundations of liberal political thought. His views on the social contract, political obligation,...

   Published October 18th 1995 by Routledge
10. Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Locke on Human Understanding

    By Jonathan Lowe

    Series: Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks

    John Locke is the most important figure in the history of English philosophy. In his Essay Concerning Human Understanding, his greatest intellectual achievement, he emphasised the importance of experience for knowledge and the critical role of the philosopher.Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Locke...

    Published May 17th 1995 by Routledge