“A Treatise of Human Understanding” is Locke’s main philosophical work. It begins with a “Gift to the Reader” in which Locke talks about the joy of thinking and hopes that readers can also enjoy this joy. I think he is warning readers that anyone who cannot taste the joy of thinking should not open his works. Taking pleasure in thinking is indeed the prerequisite for reading any profound philosophical book. The reading process should be a process of thinking with the author and enjoying the happiness. However, not thinking is the norm, and Locke analyzes this phenomenon and its causes in some chapters of the text. Before talking about his…