Kyle Harrison
to-read
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
- Author
- John Locke
- Published
- 1689
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Locke’s account of where knowledge comes from — the mind as blank paper written on by experience, and the attack on innate ideas.
Where I saw it: Peter Savodnik’s April 2026 post telling readers to work through Plato, Aristotle, Shakespeare, Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau — “To start.” Kyle saved it to his “Books To Read” note; this card is one of the twelve volumes that canon reduces to.
Connections
- John Locke — from the same canon list.
- philosophy — from the same canon list.