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John Locke (1632–1704 ... warrant their own overthrow. Concerning human understanding The other book is An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, which Locke claims was inspired by a perplexing ...

We know John Locke today as a social and political philosopher. In his “Essay Concerning Human Understanding,” he famously characterized the human mind at birth as a “blank slate.” ...