okuma hazzını göklere çıkaran erken modern felsefecidir.
an enquiry concerning human understanding'i şu sözlerle noktalar:
When we go through libraries, convinced of these principles, what havoc must we make? if we take in our hand any volume—of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance—let us ask, Does it contain any abstract reasoning about quantity or number? No. Does it contain any experiential reasoning about matters of fact and existence? No. Then throw it in the fire, for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.