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An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 2 / MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 3 and 4

John Locke

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 364 pages

John Locke's An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 2, presents Books III and IV. Book III examines words and language, while Book IV treats knowledge and probability. It is a classic philosophical work for listeners interested in how ideas are formed, what we can know, and how we weigh likelihood.

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Opening of the book

AN ESSAY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING

BY

JOHN LOCKE

[Based on the 2d Edition] CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME

BOOK III. OF WORDS.

CHAP.

I. OF WORDS OR LANGUAGE IN GENERAL II. OF THE SIGNIFICATION OF

WORDS III. OF GENERAL TERMS IV. OF THE NAMES OF SIMPLE IDEAS V. OF

THE NAMES OF MIXED MODES AND RELATIONS VI. OF THE NAMES OF

SUBSTANCES VII. OF PARTICLES VIII. OF ABSTRACT AND CONCRETE TERMS

IX. OF THE IMPERFECTION OF WORDS X. OF THE ABUSE OF WORDS XI. OF

THE REMEDIES OF THE FOREGOING IMPERFECTION AND ABUSES

BOOK IV. OF KNOWLEDGE AND PROBABILITY.

CHAP.

I. OF KNOWLEDGE IN GENERAL II. OF THE DEGREES OF OUR KNOWLEDGE III.

OF THE EXTENT OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE IV. OF THE REALITY OF OUR

KNOWLEDGE V. OF TRUTH IN GENERAL VI. OF UNIVERSAL PROPOSITIONS:

THEIR TRUTH AND CERTAINTY VII. OF MAXIMS VIII. OF TRIFLING

PROPOSITIONS IX. OF OUR THREEFOLD KNOWLEDGE OF EXISTENCE X. OF

OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE EXISTENCE OF A GOD XI. OF OUR KNOWLEDGE OF

THE EXISTENCE OF OTHER THINGS XII. OF THE IMPROVEMENT OF OUR

KNOWLEDGE XIII. SOME OTHER CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING OUR

KNOWLEDGE XIV. OF JUDGMENT XV. OF PROBABILITY XVI. OF THE DEGREES

OF ASSENT XVII. OF REASON [AND SYLLOGISM] XVIII. OF FAITH AND

REASON, AND THEIR DISTINCT PROVINCES XIX. [OF ENTHUSIASM] XX. OF

WRONG ASSENT, OR ERROR XXI. OF THE DIVISION OF THE SCIENCES

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Contents

  1. BOOK III. OF WORDS.
  2. BOOK IV. OF KNOWLEDGE AND PROBABILITY.
  3. BOOK III
  4. CHAPTER II.
  5. CHAPTER III.
  6. CHAPTER IV.
  7. CHAPTER V.
  8. CHAPTER VI.
  9. CHAPTER VII.
  10. CHAPTER VIII.
  11. CHAPTER IX.
  12. CHAPTER X.
  13. CHAPTER XI.
  14. BOOK IV
  15. CHAPTER I.
  16. CHAPTER II.
  17. CHAPTER III.
  18. CHAPTER IV. OF THE REALITY OF KNOWLEDGE.
  19. CHAPTER V. OF TRUTH IN GENERAL.
  20. CHAPTER VI. OF UNIVERSAL PROPOSITIONS: THEIR TRUTH AND CERTAINTY.
  21. CHAPTER VII. OF MAXIMS
  22. CHAPTER VIII. OF TRIFLING PROPOSITIONS.
  23. CHAPTER IX. OF OUR THREEFOLD KNOWLEDGE OF EXISTENCE.
  24. CHAPTER X. OF OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE EXISTENCE OF A GOD.
  25. CHAPTER XI.
  26. CHAPTER XII. OF THE IMPROVEMENT OF OUR KNOWLEDGE
  27. CHAPTER XIII.
  28. CHAPTER XIV. OF JUDGMENT.
  29. CHAPTER XV. OF PROBABILITY.
  30. CHAPTER XVI. OF THE DEGREES OF ASSENT.

and 5 more chapters

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