Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke: viz I. Of the Conduct of the Understanding. II. An Examination of P. Malebranche's Opinion of Seeing all things in God. III. A Discourse of Miracles. IV. Part of a Fourth Letter for Toleration... by LOCKE, John [1632-1704] - 1968

Cambridge: At the University Press, 1968. Pp. 2 p.l., 336. Bound in 19th century half calf over marbled boards, double gilt-ruled smooth spine, endpapers renewed. Minor rubbing to extremities, otherwise, an excellent copy. The First Edition. A collection of Locke's most important unpublished works, gathered together by his literary executors Anthony Collins and Sir Peter King after his death in 1704. The "Conduct of the Understanding", originally intended to form a chapter of Locke's "Essay", was first published separately in 1754, and became one of his most popular works. Locke had refrained from publishing his scathing "Examination of P. Malebranche's Opinion" in his lifetime, believing that his ideas would soon crumble under the weight of their own contradictions. The "Discourse of Miracles" was written in response to Fleetwood's essay on the subject. The unfinished "Fourth Letter for Toleration" was his final contribution to the controversy with Jonas Proast, the Chaplain of All Souls, Oxford. The last essay in this collection, originally written in French and published in Le Clerc's "Bibliothèque Universelle et Historique" in 1686, was in fact the first of Locke's works to be published. Yolton 299. Pforzheimer 609. NCBEL II 1835. . Reprint of Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo.