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02885aam a2200349Ia 4500 001 DA5B4F426B5311E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 120725s2013 enk b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2012474373 020 $a 9780745650678 020 $a 0745650678 020 $a 074565066X 020 $a 9780745650661 035 $a (OCoLC)805013911 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $c UKMGB $d OCLCO $d ERASA $d YDXCP $d YNK $d BWX $d YOU $d DGU $d AU@ $d CDX $d DLC $d A7U $d OCLCQ $d OCLCF $d CHVBK $d OCLCQ $d IWA $d SILO 050 4 $a B1297 P95 2013 100 1 $a Pyle, Andrew. 245 10 $a Locke / $c A.J. Pyle. 260 $a Cambridge ; $b Polity, $c 2013. 300 $a 223 pages ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Classic thinkers 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-213) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: The unity of Locke's thought -- 1. Life, contexts and concerns -- 2. The theory of ideas -- 3. Human knowledge and its limits -- 4. The material world -- 5. God and religion -- 6. The soul and the afterlife -- 7. The two treatises of government -- 8. Problems of church and state. 520 $a John Locke (1632-1704) has a good claim to the title of the greatest ever English philosopher, and was a founding father of both the empiricist tradition in philosophy and the liberal tradition in politics. This new book provides an accessible introduction to Locke's thought. Although its primary focus is on the Essay Concerning Human Understanding, it also discusses the Two Treatises on Government, the Essay on Toleration, and the Reasonableness of Christianity, and draws on materials from Locke's correspondence and notebooks to shed light on the contexts of these major works. Locke's arguments for his central claims are subjected to close scrutiny, and his replies to his main critics evaluated. A.J. Pyle takes as his guiding theme Locke's own maxim, that God has given humans enough knowledge for our needs. The philosopher who emerges from these pages is a strikingly modern figure, anti-metaphysical in his attitude both to science and to theology, anti-authoritarian in his politics, and cautiously optimistic about human progress. Locke is indeed one of the founding figures of the Enlightenment, but for Pyle the Lockean Enlightenment is a modest affair of slow and hesitant groping towards the light. As well as serving as an introduction to Locke for students, the book also helps to correct a number of significant errors and misunderstandings that have marred our understanding of Locke and will spark discussion and debate amongst scholars of his work. 600 10 $a Locke, John, $d 1632-1704. 650 0 $a Philosophy, English $y 17th century. 830 0 $a Classic thinkers. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220602014647.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DA5B4F426B5311E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search