John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding and its influence (1689–1760)

1. Locke finalizes the Essay in Dutch exile

   Jan 1, 1689Labels: John Locke, Netherlands

   • Britannica
   • PSU Locke

2. First edition of Locke’s Essay appears

   Dec 1, 1689Labels: First Edition, London

   • PSU Locke
   • Britannica

3. Locke positions empiricism against rationalist innatism

   Jan 1, 1690Labels: Empiricism, Innate Ideas

   • Britannica
   • Philopedia

4. Second edition expands and revises the Essay

   Jan 1, 1694Labels: Second Edition, Revisions

   • Wikisource
   • PSU Locke

5. Third edition signals rapid uptake and demand

   Jan 1, 1695Labels: Third Edition, Reception

   • Wikisource
   • PSU Locke

6. Bayle’s Dictionary amplifies skeptical Enlightenment debate

   Jan 1, 1697Labels: Pierre Bayle, Dictionnaire

   • Bayle DHC
   • Britannica

7. Fourth edition adds major new material

   Jan 1, 1700Labels: Fourth Edition, Association of

   • Wikisource
   • PSU Locke

8. Leibniz drafts a rationalist reply to Locke

   Jan 1, 1704Labels: Gottfried Leibniz, New Essays

   • Britannica
   • Philopedia

9. Locke’s posthumous fifth edition consolidates his revisions

   Jan 1, 1706Labels: Fifth Edition, Posthumous

   • Wikisource
   • PSU Locke

10. Berkeley attacks Locke’s account of matter and perception

    Jan 1, 1710Labels: George Berkeley, Treatise

    • Berkeley Treatise
    • Britannica

11. Addison cites Locke in popular print culture

    May 11, 1711Labels: Joseph Addison, The Spectator

    • Spectator 62
    • Spectator

12. Voltaire presents Locke as model empiricist in France

    Jan 1, 1734Labels: Voltaire, Letters on

    • Britannica
    • Contextus

13. Hume extends Locke’s empiricism into a “science of man”

    Jan 1, 1739Labels: David Hume, A Treatise

    • Britannica
    • Routledge REP

14. Condillac reworks Locke’s theory toward language and signs

    Jan 1, 1746Labels: tienne Condillac, Essay on

    • PhilPapers
    • OpenEdition

15. Leibniz’s New Essays published, renewing rationalist critique

    Jan 1, 1765Labels: Leibniz Publication, New Essays

    • Britannica
    • Philopedia