书名：Of the Abuse of Words论语言的滥用-企鹅伟大的思想系列文学视野
作者：John Locke约翰·洛克
出版社名称：Penguin
出版时间：2009
语种：英语
ISBN：9780141043876
商品尺寸：11.4 x 1 x 18.2 cm
包装：平装
页数：144（以实物为准）

约翰·洛克是启蒙运动时期一位伟大的历史人物，他提出理性是获取知识的关键，这一论断给当时的哲学界带去了巨大变革。《论语言的滥用》对观念、知觉、真理和语言等内容的论述对西方思想影响深远。

《论语言的滥用》中涉及的思想对于伏尔泰等众多西方哲学家也产生了极大影响，在西方哲学史上起到承前启后的作用。

John Locke was one of the greatest figures of the Enlightenment, whose assertion that reason is the key to knowledge changed the face of philosophy. These writings on thought, ideas, perception, truth and language are some of the most influential in the history of Western thought.

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.

约翰•洛克（John Locke，1632年8月29日——1704年10月28日），英国著名思想家、哲学家和著述家。经验主义代表人物，是全面系统地阐述宪政民主基本思想的第一位作家，在社会契约理论上做出重要贡献。1632年生于萨默塞特郡（Somerset）威灵顿村，曾就读牛津大学基督教堂学院，后转攻医学，学成后成为沙夫茨伯里伯爵（辉格党创立人之一）私人医师，为辉格党重要思想领xiu。1683年被怀疑涉嫌刺杀查理二世国王，逃至荷兰，1688年返回英格兰，整理书稿，并出版《人类理解论》、《政府论》、《论宽容》等著作，1704年病逝于艾塞克斯郡。

John Locke (1632-1704) was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and held various academic posts at that university, lecturing on Greek and rhetoric. However, his interests lay in medicine and the new experimental sciences and in 1667 he became personal physician to the Earl of Shaftesbury. Under the influence of Shaftesbury, Locke developed his ideas on politics, property, trade, monarchy and the mind. Shaftesbury became a bitter opponent of Charles II and was involved in the plot of 1683. This forced Locke to flee in exile to Holland, but he returned after 1688 and began to publish his most famous works. He wrote also on theology, education, and in defence of religous tolerance, while founding the analytic philosophy of the mind.