Essay Concerning Humane Understanding Book I
John Locke
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Length 17 h 24 min
Chapters 40
First published 1689
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)
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Chapters
1
Introduction. Read by bala 14:38
2
No innate speculative principles. Part II Read by bala 29:13
3
No innate practical principles. Part I Read by Malone (1945 - 2023) 35:18
4
No innate practical principles. Part II Read by Malone (1945 - 2023) 31:02
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Other considerations concerning innate principles, both speculative and practical. Part I Read by Malone (1945 - 2023) 30:59
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Other considerations concerning innate principles, both speculative and practical. Part II Read by Malone (1945 - 2023) 30:58
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Of ideas in general, and their original. Part I Read by bala 22:55
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Of ideas in general, and their original. Part II Read by bala 22:02
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Of simple ideas ; of simple ideas of sense ; idea of solidity. Read by Malone (1945 - 2023) 26:09
10
Of simple ideas of divers senses ; Of simple ideas of reflection; Of simple ideas of both sensation and reflection. Read by Malone (1945 - 2023) 16:17
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Some further considerations concerning our simple ideas of sensation Read by Malone (1945 - 2023) 35:48
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Of perception Read by Malone (1945 - 2023) 22:09
13
Of retention Read by Lynne T 15:52
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Of discerning, and other operations of the mind Read by Malone (1945 - 2023) 24:44
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Of complex ideas Read by Diana Majlinger 7:58
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Of simple modes:—and first, of the simple modes of the idea of space Part I Read by Malone (1945 - 2023) 25:04
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Of simple modes:—and first, of the simple modes of the idea of space Part II Read by Malone (1945 - 2023) 23:38
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Idea of duration and its simple modes Part I Read by Jeremy Robertson 17:24
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Idea of duration and its simple modes Part II Read by Jeremy Robertson 17:07
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Ideas of duration and expansion, considered together Read by Jeremy Robertson 17:45
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Idea of number and its simple modes Read by bala 14:12
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Of the idea of infinity Part I Read by bala 22:01
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Of the idea of infinity Part II Read by bala 20:15
24
Of other simple modes; of the modes of thinking ; of modes of pleasure and pain Read by Malone (1945 - 2023) 32:01
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Of the idea of power Part I Read by bala 32:24
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Of the idea of power Part II Read by bala 32:23
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Of the idea of power Part III Read by bala 34:10
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Of the idea of power Part IV Read by bala 32:58
29
Of mixed modes Read by doonaboon 20:33
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Of our complex ideas of substances Part I Read by dsilber01 30:13
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Of our complex ideas of substances Part II Read by dsilber01 30:41
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Of collective ideas of substances; of ideas of relation; of ideas of cause and effect, and other relations Read by dsilber01 27:13
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Of ideas of identity and diversity Part I Read by Jessica Louise 23:39
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Of ideas of identity and diversity Part II Read by Kathryn Louise 25:58
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Of ideas of other relations Read by bala 37:55
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Of clear and obscure, distinct and confused ideas Read by Malone (1945 - 2023) 33:30
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Of real and fantastical ideas Read by Savannah 6:59
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Of adequate and inadequate ideas Read by Malone (1945 - 2023) 33:11
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Of true and false ideas Read by Malone (1945 - 2023) 37:32
40
Of the association of ideas Read by Rapunzelina 20:14
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