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An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 2John Locke

An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 2

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Original author: John Locke

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"An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 2" by John Locke is a philosophical work first published in 1689. This foundational text of empiricism argues that the mind begins as a blank slate, filled through experience rather than innate ideas. 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.

An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 2, by John Locke. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #10616.

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33 Chapters

  1. 1.Chapter I: Of Words or Language in General978 words
  2. 2.Chapter II: Of the Signification of Words1,715 words
  3. 3.Chapter III: Of General Terms4,887 words
  4. 4.Chapter IV: Of the Names of Simple Ideas3,369 words
  5. 5.Chapter V4,205 words
  6. 6.Chapter VI: Of the Names of Substances (1)8,682 words
  7. 7.Chapter VI: Of the Names of Substances (2)5,131 words
  8. 8.Chapter VII: Of Particles1,019 words
  9. 9.Chapter VIII: Of Abstract and Concrete Terms719 words
  10. 10.Chapter IX: Of the Imperfection of Words5,914 words
  11. 11.Chapter X: Of the Abuse of Words7,682 words
  12. 12.Chapter XI6,307 words
  13. 13.Book IV505 words
  14. 14.Chapter I: Of Knowledge in General2,099 words
  15. 15.Chapter II: Of the Degrees of Our Knowledge3,327 words
  16. 16.Chapter III: Of the Extent of Human Knowledge9,518 words
  17. 17.Chapter IV: Of the Reality of Knowledge4,819 words
  1. 18.Chapter V: Of Truth in General2,098 words
  2. 19.Chapter VI: Of Universal Propositions: Their Truth and Certainty4,984 words
  3. 20.Chapter VII: Of Maxims7,592 words
  4. 21.Chapter VIII: Of Trifling Propositions2,791 words
  5. 22.Chapter IX: Of Our Threefold Knowledge of Existence402 words
  6. 23.Chapter X: Of Our Knowledge of the Existence of a God4,576 words
  7. 24.Chapter XI3,751 words
  8. 25.Chapter XII: Of the Improvement of Our Knowledge4,357 words
  9. 26.Chapter XIII836 words
  10. 27.Chapter XIV: Of Judgment711 words
  11. 28.Chapter XV: Of Probability1,390 words
  12. 29.Chapter XVI: Of the Degrees of Assent4,463 words
  13. 30.Chapter XVII: Of Reason5,012 words
  14. 31.Chapter XVIII3,339 words
  15. 32.Chapter XX: Of Wrong Assent, or Error5,301 words
  16. 33.Chapter XXI: Of the Division of the Sciences665 words