1696 1ed John Sergeant Method to Science Philosophy John Locke Descartes Ideism

1696 1^ed John Sergeant Method to Science Philosophy John Locke Descartes Ideism

 

John Sergeant was a 17^th-century Catholic priest known for his controversial treatises. One such work was ‘The Method to Science’, a philosophical work written to object against John Locke. According to Hutton,

“Sergeant’s critique of Locke was part of a more wide-ranging critique of what he called ‘ideists’, a category which yokes Descartes and Locke together. He targets Locke in his ‘The Method to Science’ [and] his principal objection to Locke’s epistemology was its implicit skepticism. he charged Locke that his natural philosophy failed to provide universal conclusions or maxims”.

 

Item number: #21843

Price: $1500

 

SERGEANT, John

 

The method to science by J.S

 

London: Printed by W. Redmayne … and are be sold by Thomas Metcalf, 1696. First edition.

 

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [72], 429 (i.e., 381), [1]
• References: Wing S 2579; Sarah Hutton, British Philosophy in the Seventeenth Century, p.202
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather, tight and secure
  • Brown Moroccan leather
• Size: ~7in X 4.5in (17.5cm x 11.5cm)
• Very rare and desirable with auction records and price comparisons at $2500

 

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