John locke and natural philosophy in 18th

          This book studies Locke's views on the content and method of natural philosophy....

          Peter Anstey reveals how John Locke's pessimism about a science of nature began evaporating in light of Isaac Newton's achievements.

        1. Peter Anstey reveals how John Locke's pessimism about a science of nature began evaporating in light of Isaac Newton's achievements.
        2. Recent readings of Locke which try to steer him in the direction of natural philosophy – after all, wasn't he a friendly correspondent of Newton and Boyle, and.
        3. This book studies Locke's views on the content and method of natural philosophy.
        4. Peter Anstey presents a thorough and innovative study of John Locke's views on the method and content of natural philosophy.
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          6. The Influence of John Locke’s Works

          Hans Aarsleff remarks that Locke “is the most influential philosopher of modern times”. He notes that besides initiating the vigorous tradition known as British empiricism, Locke’s influence reached far beyond the limits of the traditional discipline of philosophy: “His influence in the history of thought, on the way we think about ourselves and our relation to the world we live in, to God, nature and society, has been immense” (Aarsleff 1994: 252).

          Locke may well have influenced such diverse eighteenth century figures as Swift, Johnson, Sterne, Voltaire, Priestly and Jefferson.

          Beginning with the publication of the 92 page summary of the Essay in the Bibliotheque universelle et historique for January through March of 1688 along with the publication of the first edition in December 1689, the Essay was both popular and controversial on both the continent and in England for the next fifty years.

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