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Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book III

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Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book III

by John Locke

English· 06:20:14· 15 chapters
This is the third book of John Locke's Essay on Human Understanding. Book I was Neither Principles Nor Ideas Are Innate. Book II was Of Ideas and Book III is Of Words. Locke is writing about the ideas we have in our minds and the things they are to represent. What does it mean to define a thing? What is an abstract idea? What is motion? What is essential to me as an individual? What would an Englishman born in Jamaica think about ice when he went to England for the first time? What is a concrete term? Locke tackles many such questions in this third book. Book IV is Of Knowledge and Probability. - Summary by Craig Campbell

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Chapter I. Of Words or Language in General

    08:34
  2. Chapter 2

    Chapter II Of The Signification Of Words

    14:55
  3. Chapter 3

    Chapter III Of General Terms

    38:02
  4. Chapter 4

    Chapter IV Of The Names Of Simple Ideas

    20:40
  5. Chapter 5

    Chapter V Of The Names Of Mixed Modes And Relations

    25:12
  6. Chapter 6

    Chapter VI Of The Names Of Substances Part One

    40:02
  7. Chapter 7

    Chapter VI Of The Names Of Substances Part Two

    34:55
  8. Chapter 8

    Chapter VI Of The Names Of Substances Part Three

    32:44
  9. Chapter 9

    Chapter VII Of Particles

    08:10
  10. Chapter 10

    Chapter VIII Of Abstract And Concrete Terms

    06:32
  11. Chapter 11

    Chapter IX Of The Imperfection Of Words

    52:20
  12. Chapter 12

    Chapter X Of The Abuse Of Words Part One

    30:28
  13. Chapter 13

    Chapter X Of The Abuse Of Words Part Two

    26:32
  14. Chapter 14

    Chapter XI Of The Remedies Of The Foregoing Imperfections And Abuses Of Words Part One

    22:03
  15. Chapter 15

    Chapter XI Of The Remedies Of The Foregoing Imperfections And Abuses Of Words Part Two

    19:05