Now and Then
Written by John Locke
Narrated by Rich Orlow
3/5
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John Locke
John Locke kommt 1632 im englischen Wrington zur Welt. Nach dem Besuch der Westminster School in London studiert Locke bis 1658 in Oxford. Zwischen 1660 und 1664 lehrt er dort Philosophie, Rhetorik und alte Sprachen. Sein enzyklopädisches Wissen und seine Studien in Erkenntnistheorie, Naturwissenschaften und Medizin bringen ihm früh die Mitgliedschaft in der Royal Society ein. Als Sekretär und Leibarzt des Earl of Shaftesbury ist Locke in Folge der politischen Machtkämpfe in England gezwungen, ins holländische Exil zu fliehen. Erst 1689 kehrt er nach England zurück und widmet sich auf seinem Landgut seinen Studien. Im selben Jahr erscheint anonym Ein Brief über Toleranz, der die ausschließliche Aufgabe des Staates im Schutz von Leben, Besitz und Freiheit seiner Bürger bestimmt. Die hier formulierten Ideen finden in der amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitserklärung ihren politischen Widerhall. Lockes Hauptwerk, der Versuch über den menschlichen Verstand, erscheint erst 1690 vollständig, wird aber vermutlich bereit 20 Jahre früher begonnen. Es begründet die Erkenntnistheorie als neuzeitliche Form des Philosophierens, die besonders in der französischen Aufklärung nachwirkt. Locke lehnt darin Descartes' Vorstellung von den eingeborenen Ideen ab und vertritt einen konsequenten Empirismus. Aus der theoretischen Einsicht in die Begrenztheit der Erkenntnisfähigkeit ergibt sich für Locke die Forderung, daß sich weder ein Staatssouverän noch eine Glaubensgemeinschaft im Besitz der allein gültigen Wahrheit wähnen darf. Der mündige Bürger, der in der Lage ist, kritisch selbst zu entscheiden, wird konsequenterweise zum pädagogischen Ziel Lockes. John Locke stirbt 1704 als europäische Berühmtheit auf seinem Landsitz in Oates.
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Reviews for Now and Then
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This Donovan Creed book is very different than the others. This one has a mystery surrounding the plot and it puts a different spin on things. Creed heads down to St. Albans, FL with his gorgeous girlfriend, Rachel, who is also a little bit off her rocker. Makes for an interesting vacation for everyone! They end up in a bed and breakfast and in the middle of the town's mystery of a missing woman from the area. Laught-out-loud moments involving the poor schlup who tries to kill Creed (again and again and again) and blunders every attempt in a crazy, slap-stick kind of way. The book is divided into 2 parts, Now and, of course, Then (get it?) The then part involves a great story line about St. Albans and pirates and is the only pirate story I have ever enjoyed. Not the usual Creed storyline, but still the usual originl book that is hard to put down!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Felt like two separate books. It started out like any other Creed adventure, but then Locke chose to switch to a Prologue story featuring pirates/curses, and never returned to previous story-line?? bummer...