Of the Conduct of the Understanding

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Of the Conduct of the Understanding

Title page from the first edition
Author	John Locke
Country	England
Language	English
Subject	Education and Philosophy
Publisher	Awnsham and John Churchill
Publication date	1706

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Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina A Letter Concerning Toleration Two Treatises of Government An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Some Thoughts Concerning Education Of the Conduct of the Understanding
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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, two years after Locke's death, as part of Peter King's Posthumous Works of John Locke.

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• George Mason Memorial, Washington, D.C., includes Of the Conduct of the Understanding as an element of the statue of a seated Mason.

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• John Locke, Of the Conduct of the Understanding, edited with General Introduction, Historical and Philosophical Notes and Critical Apparatus by Paul Schuurman

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