Locke Hume And The Treacherous Logos Of Atomism

Author : Edward Tagart
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330237946
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (379 download)

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Download or read book Locke's Writings and Philosophy written by Edward Tagart and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Locke's Writings and Philosophy: Historically Considered, Vindicated From the Charge of Contributing, to the Scepticism of Hume The second part arose naturally out of the first. Not having been originally contemplated, some slight repetitions of sentiment occur, which yet may not be unpleasing or useless to the reader. Brought up in a school in which Locke was the object of traditional veneration, - a veneration heightened and justified by reading, reflection, and experience, - I have seen with mingled astonishment and pain the attempts recently made to depose the master from his seat of honour, among those from whom better things were to be expected. But it is one thing to be convinced of the futility of the common objections to Locke's philosophy, of the ignorance in which they originate, and of the injustice of the insinuations against its character and tendency - another to display that futility, that ignorance, that injustice before the eyes of an impartial inquirer by an elaborate picture of the condition of mental and moral science before and about his time, and a truthful representation of its progress since. Learned men, as well as others, are oftentimes hard to be convinced of the falsehood of an opinion once embraced by them; "nor will they yield," says Lardner, "till they are overwhelmed by a heap of reasons." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.