Locke John: 197 books

That was not her real name. No one could have christened an inoffensive babe so absurdly. Her mother had, indeed, through the agency of godfathers and godmothers, called her Stella after a rich old maiden aunt, thereby showing her wisdom; for the maiden aunt died gratefully a year after the child...

The Two Treatises of Government (or "Two Treatises of Government: In the Former, The False Principles and Foundation of Sir Robert Filmer, And His Followers, are Detected and Overthrown. The Latter is an Essay concerning The True Original, Extent, and End of Civil-Government") is a work of political...

“When you’re in my hospital you’re not family. You’re prey!“If you’re coming after me, don’t do it in a hospital. That’s my domain. And don’t piss me off in the real world and expect a smooth hospital stay because I have a long memory, and no one is exempt. Before you bully...

Extrait :  Monsieur, Puisque vous jugez à propos de me demander quelle est mon opinion sur la tolérance que les différentes sectes  des chrétiens doivent avoir les unes pour les autres, je vous répondrai franchement qu'elle est, à mon avis,  le principal caractère de la véritable...

HAVE you dined at Ranelagh lately?” asked Norma Hardacre. “I have never been there in my life,” replied Jimmie Padgate. “In fact,” he added simply, “I am not quite sure whether I know where it is.” “Yours is the happier state. It is one of the dullest spots in a dull world.” “Then...

Per la prima volta in Italia, un'edizione digitale del filosofo britannico John Locke, considerato uno degli anticipatori dell'Illuminismo e il primo teorico del liberalismo classico. Il suo Saggio sull'intelletto umano, dato alle stampe la prima volta nel 1690, ha il valore di un'opera pedagogica...

Scriveva Voltaire 250 anni fa: “ci saranno sempre dei barbari e delle canaglie che fomenteranno l’intolleranza. Siamo stati contagiati a tal punto da tale furia che sono scorsi fiumi di sangue e ci siamo sterminati per dei paragrafi”. Quanto sono attuali queste parole? Immensamente. Il virus...

It was a severe room, scrupulously neat. Along one side ran a bookcase, with beaded glass doors, containing, as one might see by peering through the spaces, the collected, unread literature of two stern generations. A few old prints, placed in bad lights, hung on the walls. In the centre of the room...

Una raccolta di tutti gli scritti più importanti del filosofo britannico John Locke sull'etica e sulla religione rivelata, testimoni dello stretto legame tra riflessione teologica e riflessione filosofica che ha caratterizzato sempre il suo pensiero. Oggi Utet propone questi scritti in un inedito formato digitale, dotato di un impianto di note esegetiche fruibile in modalità ipertestuale.

Ideas que han cambiado el mundo A lo largo de la historia, algunos libros han cambiado el mundo. Han transformado la manera en que nos vemos a nosotros mismos y a los demás. Han inspirado el debate, la discordia, la guerra y la revolución. Han iluminado, indignado, provocado y consolado....

Felicia Graves was puzzled. The six weeks she had spent at the Pension Boccard had confused many of her conception’s and brought things before her judgment for which her standards were inadequate. Not that a girl who had passed the few years of her young womanhood in the bubbling life of a garrison...

John Locke is widely regarded as the father of classical liberalism. This essay was groundbreaking in its approach to foundation of human knowledge and understanding, he describes the mind at birth as a blank slate filled later through experience, the essay became the principle sources of empiricism...

John Lockes, des berühmten englischen Philosophen (1632-1704) "Gedanken über Erziehung" erschienen im Jahre 1693 anonym unter dem Titel: "Some thoughts concerning education". Das Buch ist nicht streng systematisch angelegt, es macht vielmehr oft den Eindruck unzusammenhängender...

Locke's new book takes its title from the chief character, Monsieur Alcide Tombarel, a gentleman, wine-grower, man of culture, mayor and acknowledged grand seigneur of Creille, a tiny little town, perched on the top of a hill, not far from Nice. Here, in search of his favourite French wines, travels...