An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book IV: Knowledge.
Locke, John (1632-1704) - English philosopher who had a tremendous influ-ence on human knowledge and on political theory. He set down the principles of modern English empiricism. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690)-An inquiry into the nature of knowledge that attempts to settle what questions hu-man understanding is and is not equipped to handle. Locke states that all knowledge is.