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An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1John Locke

An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1

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Original author: John Locke

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"An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1" by John Locke is a philosophical work first published in 1689. It challenges the notion that humans are born with innate ideas, arguing instead that the mind begins as a blank slate shaped entirely by experience. Locke examines how we acquire knowledge through sensation and reflection, distinguishes between primary and secondary qualities of objects, and explores personal identity, language, and the nature of understanding itself—laying crucial groundwork for modern empiricism.

An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1, by John Locke. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #10615.

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40 Chapters

  1. 1.Front Matter6,142 words
  2. 2.Chapter I: Introduction1,921 words
  3. 3.Chapter II: No Innate Speculative Principles7,484 words
  4. 4.Chapter III: No Innate Practical Principles8,061 words
  5. 5.Chapter IV7,728 words
  6. 6.Chapter I: Of Ideas in General, and Their Original6,077 words
  7. 7.Chapter II: Of Simple Ideas813 words
  8. 8.Chapter III: Of Simple Ideas of Sense543 words
  9. 9.Chapter IV: Idea of Solidity1,851 words
  10. 10.Chapter V: Of Simple Ideas of Divers Senses78 words
  11. 11.Chapter VI: Of Simple Ideas of Reflection170 words
  12. 12.Chapter VII1,544 words
  13. 13.Chapter VIII4,313 words
  14. 14.Chapter IX: Of Perception2,659 words
  15. 15.Chapter X: Of Retention2,352 words
  16. 16.Chapter XI2,995 words
  17. 17.Chapter XII: Of Complex Ideas1,017 words
  18. 18.Chapter XIII6,021 words
  19. 19.Chapter XIV: Idea of Duration and Its Simple Modes6,436 words
  20. 20.Chapter XV3,235 words
  1. 21.Chapter XVI: Idea of Number1,785 words
  2. 22.Chapter XVII: Of Infinity6,043 words
  3. 23.Chapter XVIII: Other Simple Modes1,108 words
  4. 24.Chapter XIX: Of the Modes of Thinking995 words
  5. 25.Chapter XX: Of Modes of Pleasure and Pain1,630 words
  6. 26.Chapter XXI: Of Power (1)8,791 words
  7. 27.Chapter XXI: Of Power (2)8,677 words
  8. 28.Chapter XXI: Of Power (3)1,577 words
  9. 29.Chapter XXII: Of Mixed Modes2,855 words
  10. 30.Chapter XXIII: Of Our Complex Ideas of Substances9,272 words
  11. 31.Chapter XXIV: Of Collective Ideas of Substances507 words
  12. 32.Chapter XXV: Of Relation2,061 words
  13. 33.Chapter XXVI1,611 words
  14. 34.Chapter XXVII: Of Identity and Diversity7,972 words
  15. 35.Chapter XXVIII: Of Other Relations4,948 words
  16. 36.Chapter XXIX4,019 words
  17. 37.Chapter XXX: Of Real and Fantastical Ideas1,078 words
  18. 38.Chapter XXXI: Of Adequate and Inadequate Ideas3,972 words
  19. 39.Chapter XXXII: Of True and False Ideas4,461 words
  20. 40.Chapter XXXIII: Of the Association of Ideas3,078 words