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An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 / MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 — John Locke

An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 / MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2

John Locke

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  • Book language: English
  • 367 pages

An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding by John Locke is a philosophical work in four books; this volume contains Books I and II. It examines the origins of human knowledge, argues against innate ideas, and develops an account of ideas from sensation and reflection. Listen for its clear, methodical prose and lasting influence on empiricism.

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An Essay Concerning

Humane

Understanding

IN FOUR BOOKS

By John Locke

0001

Quam bellum est velle confiteri potius nescire quod nescias, quam ista effutientem nauseare, atque ipsum sibi displicere!

Cic. de Natur. Deor. l. 1.

LONDON:

Printed by Eliz. Holt, for Thomas Basset, at the George in Fleet Street, near St. Dunstan’s Church.

MDCXC

CONTENTS
THE EPISTLE TO THE READER
ESSAY CONCERNING HUMANE UNDERSTANDING.
BOOK I NEITHER PRINCIPLES NOR IDEAS ARE INNATE
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER II. NO INNATE SPECULATIVE PRINCIPLES.
CHAPTER III. NO INNATE PRACTICAL PRINCIPLES
CHAPTER IV. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING INNATE
PRINCIPLES, BOTH SPECULATIVE AND PRACTICAL.
BOOK II OF IDEAS
CHAPTER I. OF IDEAS IN GENERAL, AND THEIR ORIGINAL.
CHAPTER II. OF SIMPLE IDEAS.
CHAPTER III. OF SIMPLE IDEAS OF SENSE.
CHAPTER IV. IDEA OF SOLIDITY.
CHAPTER V. OF SIMPLE IDEAS OF DIVERS SENSES.
CHAPTER VI. OF SIMPLE IDEAS OF REFLECTION.
CHAPTER VII. OF SIMPLE IDEAS OF BOTH SENSATION AND
REFLECTION.
CHAPTER VIII. SOME FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING
OUR SIMPLE IDEAS OF SENSATION.
CHAPTER IX. OF PERCEPTION.
CHAPTER X. OF RETENTION.

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Contents

  1. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding
  2. MDCXC
  3. CONTENTS
  4. THE EPISTLE TO THE READER
  5. ESSAY CONCERNING HUMANE UNDERSTANDING.
  6. BOOK I NEITHER PRINCIPLES NOR IDEAS ARE INNATE
  7. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION.
  8. CHAPTER II. NO INNATE SPECULATIVE PRINCIPLES.
  9. CHAPTER III. NO INNATE PRACTICAL PRINCIPLES
  10. CHAPTER IV. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING INNATE PRINCIPLES, BOTH SPECULATIVE AND PRACTICAL.
  11. BOOK II OF IDEAS
  12. CHAPTER I. OF IDEAS IN GENERAL, AND THEIR ORIGINAL.
  13. CHAPTER II. OF SIMPLE IDEAS.
  14. CHAPTER III. OF SIMPLE IDEAS OF SENSE.
  15. CHAPTER IV. IDEA OF SOLIDITY.
  16. CHAPTER V. OF SIMPLE IDEAS OF DIVERS SENSES.
  17. CHAPTER VI. OF SIMPLE IDEAS OF REFLECTION.
  18. CHAPTER VII. OF SIMPLE IDEAS OF BOTH SENSATION AND REFLECTION.
  19. CHAPTER VIII. SOME FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING OUR SIMPLE IDEAS OF SENSATION.
  20. CHAPTER IX. OF PERCEPTION.
  21. CHAPTER X. OF RETENTION.
  22. CHAPTER XI. OF DISCERNING, AND OTHER OPERATIONS OF THE MIND.
  23. CHAPTER XII. OF COMPLEX IDEAS.
  24. CHAPTER XIII. COMPLEX IDEAS OF SIMPLE MODES:—AND FIRST, OF THE SIMPLE MODES OF IDEA OF SPACE.
  25. CHAPTER XIV. IDEA OF DURATION AND ITS SIMPLE MODES.
  26. CHAPTER XV. IDEAS OF DURATION AND EXPANSION, CONSIDERED TOGETHER.
  27. CHAPTER XVI. IDEA OF NUMBER.
  28. CHAPTER XVII. OF INFINITY.
  29. CHAPTER XVIII. OTHER SIMPLE MODES.
  30. CHAPTER XIX. OF THE MODES OF THINKING.

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