Essay Concerning Humane Understanding Book I

by John Locke

41 chapters17h 23mEnglish1689

About this book

John Locke's essays on human understanding answers the question “What gives rise to ideas in our minds?”. In the first book Locke refutes the notion of innate ideas and argues against a number of propositions that rationalists offer as universally accepted truth. In the second book Locke elaborates the role played by sensation, reflection, perception and retention in giving rise to simple ideas. Then he elaborates on how different modes, substances and relations of simple ideas (of the same kind) give rise to complex ideas v.g. space, time, infinity etc. Finally he discusses complex ideas of mixed modes which arise from a combination of simple ideas of different kinds v.g. identity and diversity, cause and effect, etc. (Summary by bala) Prooflistening for this project was done by bala and Rapunzelina

Chapters (40)

1No innate speculative principles. Part I

1714

2No innate speculative principles. Part II

1753

3No innate practical principles. Part I

2118

4No innate practical principles. Part II

1862

5Other considerations concerning innate principles, both speculative and practical. Part I

1859

6Other considerations concerning innate principles, both speculative and practical. Part II

1858

7Of ideas in general, and their original. Part I

1375

8Of ideas in general, and their original. Part II

1322

9Of simple ideas ; of simple ideas of sense ; idea of solidity.

1569

10Of simple ideas of divers senses ; Of simple ideas of reflection; Of simple ideas of both sensation and reflection.

977

11Some further considerations concerning our simple ideas of sensation

2148

12Of perception

1329

13Of retention

952

14Of discerning, and other operations of the mind

1484

15Of complex ideas

478

16Of simple modes:—and first, of the simple modes of the idea of space Part I

1504

17Of simple modes:—and first, of the simple modes of the idea of space Part II

1418

18Idea of duration and its simple modes Part I

1044

19Idea of duration and its simple modes Part II

1027

20Ideas of duration and expansion, considered together

1065

21Idea of number and its simple modes

852

22Of the idea of infinity Part I

1321

23Of the idea of infinity Part II

1215

24Of other simple modes; of the modes of thinking ; of modes of pleasure and pain

1921

25Of the idea of power Part I

1944

26Of the idea of power Part II

1943

27Of the idea of power Part III

2050

28Of the idea of power Part IV

1978

29Of mixed modes

1233

30Of our complex ideas of substances Part I

1813

31Of our complex ideas of substances Part II

1841

32Of collective ideas of substances; of ideas of relation; of ideas of cause and effect, and other relations

1633

33Of ideas of identity and diversity Part I

1419

34Of ideas of identity and diversity Part II

1558

35Of ideas of other relations

2275

36Of clear and obscure, distinct and confused ideas

2010

37Of real and fantastical ideas

419

38Of adequate and inadequate ideas

1991

39Of true and false ideas

2252

40Of the association of ideas

1214

Essay Concerning Humane Understanding Book I

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