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A 3 page paper which examines three paragraphs from John Locke’s An Essay Concerning Human Understanding as it relates to narrative and style. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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examined today and he stands as the father of philosophy in relationship to the following philosophical belief: "the human mind begins as a tabula rasa, and we learn through experience"
(Landry). In his work An Essay Concerning Human Understanding he writes of the subject matter presented in the title. In the following paper several paragraphs from the Epistle of the
work is examined in relationship to narrative and style, not content. John Lockes An Essay Concerning Human Understanding First and foremost, it is perhaps important to note that
Locke was considered, at the time he wrote this and other works, as a man of leisure. As such all he really did was sit and think: "Upon his return
to England, in 1689, Locke adopted a life style that allowed him to compile his works and make them ready for the press" (Landry, 2006). Another author notes that, "the
philosophical work for which he is justly famous was the product of the leisure hours of a life spent for the most part in political activity" (Oakeshott, 2006). This provides
insight into the style and narrative of his work for it was clearly that of an intellectual and not a common individual who was used to talking in a logical
or easily assessed manner. As an example, in the first paragraph being examined Locke states, "Clear and distinct ideas are terms which, though familiar and frequent in mens mouths,
I have reason to think every one who uses does not perfectly understand" (Locke, 1690). There is a clear sense of disjointed thought as this sentence does not flow incredibly
well, even by standards, it seems, set at the end of the 17th century. It is not ornate, and seems also quite bland in its narrative style. Oakeshott (2006) indicates
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