Of the Conduct of the Understanding

Of the Conduct of the Understanding
Of the Conduct of the Understanding  
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Title page from the first edition
Author(s) John Locke
Country England
Language English
Subject(s) Education and Philosophy
Publisher Awnsham and John Churchill
Publication date 1706

John Locke's Of the Conduct of the Understanding describes how to think clearly and rationally; it is a handbook for autodidacts. It complements Locke's Some Thoughts Concerning Education which explains how to educate children. The text was first published in 1706 as part of Peter King's Posthumous Works of John Locke.


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