Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book III

by John Locke

Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)Writing & Linguistics Modern

15 chapters6h 20mEnglish1689

About this book

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

Chapters (15)

1Chapter I. Of Words or Language in General

514

2Chapter II Of The Signification Of Words

895

3Chapter III Of General Terms

2282

4Chapter IV Of The Names Of Simple Ideas

1240

5Chapter V Of The Names Of Mixed Modes And Relations

1512

6Chapter VI Of The Names Of Substances Part One

2402

7Chapter VI Of The Names Of Substances Part Two

2095

8Chapter VI Of The Names Of Substances Part Three

1964

9Chapter VII Of Particles

490

10Chapter VIII Of Abstract And Concrete Terms

392

11Chapter IX Of The Imperfection Of Words

3140

12Chapter X Of The Abuse Of Words Part One

1828

13Chapter X Of The Abuse Of Words Part Two

1592

14Chapter XI Of The Remedies Of The Foregoing Imperfections And Abuses Of Words Part One

1323

15Chapter XI Of The Remedies Of The Foregoing Imperfections And Abuses Of Words Part Two

1145

Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book III

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