An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 2
MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 3 and 4
This second volume of John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding, first published in 1690 and here based on the second edition, contains Books III and IV. Book III, Of Words, examines language as the instrument of knowledge: general terms, the names of simple ideas, mixed modes and substances, the imperfection and abuse of words and the remedies for them. Book IV, Of Knowledge and Probability, defines knowledge as the perception of the agreement or disagreement of ideas, sets out its degrees and extent, treats truth, maxims, trifling propositions, our knowledge of our own existence, of God and of other things, judgment, probability, assent, reason, faith, enthusiasm and error, and ends with the division of the sciences. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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