Descartes Vs Locke Compare And Contrast

DESCARTES VS. LOCKE:
KNOWLEDGE AS VIEWED FROM A FRENCH AND AN ENGLISH PERSPECTIVE

Randy Hoang
Philosophy 205: Introduction to Philosophy
April 17, 2016

Descartes vs. Locke:
Knowledge as Viewed from a French and an English Perspective

Last year, I completed Basic Training for the United States Army Reserve. I was compelled to join the Army since my father is a veteran and I had a strong desire to also serve my country. During the training, I learned about knowledge and knowledge’s power during battle. Specifically, a commander who knows the enemy’s position, movement, or size is better able to make decisions positively impacting the course of the battle. Over the years, philosophers have attempted to understand
With these degrees, he continued the moment to write his thesis: Descartes’ Law Thesis. In 1618, he enlisted in the Army of Prince Maurice of Nassau. Descartes time in the Army compelled him to seek a new method of scientific inquiry: epistemology. And, in 1639, he began working on Meditations on First Philosophy. Descartes published The Principles Philosophy in 1644. The Principles were supposed to have six parts, but he had only completed four: The Principles of Human Knowledge; The Principles of Material Things; The Visible Universe; and, The Earth. These works were so well received that in 1647, Mediations and The Principles were translated from Latin into French for a wider audience. Descartes soon was invited to meet Queen Christina of Sweden. Sadly, Descartes caught pneumonia and died on February 11,
It all started when John Locke was born in 1632 in Wrington. Locke spent his childhood in the West Country and was later on sent to Westminster School in London. He was very well of there to the point he earned a place at the Christ Church in Oxford and remained there from 1652 to 1667. After completing his undergraduate degree, he developed an essay on the Law of Nature. In 1667, Locke left Oxford for London to become a tutor for the family of Anthony Ashley Cooper. In London, he continued to study his interest in medicine and natural philosophy. The most important period of Locke’s life was when he began the project that would bring his work to a new level, The Essay Concerning Human Understanding. This project took him about 20 years to finished and the first two draft came out in 1671. In 1689, Locke finally came back to England after escaping from political persecution published both the Essay and the Two Treatises. Shortly after he fled to live somewhere else and met a notable philosopher named Ralph Cusworth, and became friends for many years. Later in the years, Locke devoted his attention to theology and his major work was in The Reasonableness of Christianity, which was later on published in 1965. Before his death, Locke wrote a work on Pauline Epistles and sadly the work was unfinished but was published posthumously. In 1704, his health took a turn for the worst and he died on October 28, 1704 while Damaris was