Vere Chappell, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
This abridgement by Kenneth Winkler is the best that has been ever done. Winkler's judgement as to what must be kept and what may be dropped is unerring, and his literary skill has enabled him to fashion a text that reads smoothly. An illuminating introduction and comprehensive glossary enhance the value of this volume for students.
Essay Concerning Human Understanding FROM THE PUBLISHER
Kenneth Winkler's deft abridgment of Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding includes generous selections from the Essay, topically arranged passages from the replies to Stillingfleet, a chronology, a bibliography, a glossary, and an index based on the entries that Locke himself devised. His insightful introduction provides the reader with both a historical and a philosophical context in which to assess Locke's masterwork.
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