'The great ocean of knowledge' : the influence of travel literature on the work of John Locke Talbot, Ann 2010 Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ( Serie ) Leiden ; Boston : Brill 9789004183636 Abstract

This book explores the way in which, working within the investigative tradition associated with the Royal Society, the philosopher John Locke (1632-1704) used travellers' reports to develop a form of comparative social anthropology which was to inform his major philosophical works.

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