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John Locke: 1632-1704 1690: Publication of An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Two Treatises of Government. Basic Tenets of Locke’s Empiricism: Man is not born with innate ideas. All knowledge is derived through observation and experience. Moral precepts are derived from human experience of pain and pleasure and not from a transcendental authority. Human consciousness is the source of continuity and therefore of personal identity. (Bishop) George Berkley 1685-1753 Born near Thomastown, Ireland. 1709: Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision. 1710 Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human K