AN ESSAY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING
By John Locke (1690)
<*> Dedication <*> Epistle to the Reader <*> Introduction Book I: Of Innate Notions I. No innate speculative principles II. No innate practical principles III. Other considerations concerning innate principles Book II: Of Ideas I. Of ideas in general, and their original II. Of simple ideas III. Of ideas of one sense IV. Of solidity V. Of simple ideas of divers senses VI. Of simple ideas of reflection VII. Of simple ideas of both sensation and reflection VIII. Some further considerations concerning our simple ideas IX. Of perception X. Of retention XI. Of discerning, etc. XII. Of complex ideas XIII. Of simple modes; and first, of the simple modes of space XIV. Of duration and its simple modes XV. Of duration and expansion, considered together XVI. Of number XVII. Of infinity XVIII. Of other simple modes XIX. Of the modes of thinking XX. Of modes of pleasure and pain XXI. Of power XXII. Of mixed modes XXIII. Of our complex ideas of substances XXIV. Of collective ideas of substances XXV. Of relation XXVI. Of cause and effect, and other relations XXVII. Of identity and diversity XXVIII. Of other relations XXIX. Of clear and obscure, distinct and confused ideas XXX. Of real and fantastical ideas XXXI. Of adequate and inadequate ideas XXXII. Of true and false ideas XXXIII. Of the association of ideas Book III: Of Words I. Of words or language in general II. Of the signification of words III. Of general terms IV. Of the names of simple ideas V. Of the names of mixed modes and relations VI. Of the names of substances VII. Of particles VIII. Of abstract and concrete terms IX. Of the imperfection of words X. Of the abuse of words XI. Of the remedies of the foregoing imperfections and abuses Book IV: Of Knowledge and Opinion I. Of knowledge in general II. Of the degrees of our knowledge III. Of the extent of human knowledge IV. Of the reality of knowledge V. Of truth in general VI. Of universal propositions, their truth and certainty VII. Of maxims VIII. Of trifling propositions IX. Of our knowledge of existence X. Of our knowledge of the existence of a GOD XI. Of our knowledge of the existence of other things XII. Of the improvement of our knowledge XIII. Some further considerations concerning our knowledge XIV. Of judgment XV. Of probability XVI. Of the degrees of assent XVII. Of reason XVIII. Of faith and reason, and their distinct provinces XIX. Of enthusiasm XX. Of wrong assent, or error XXI. Of the division of the sciences
