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ESSAY on Human Understanding, book 11. ch. 7, &c.....

A Defence of Mr. Locke's Opinion concerning personal

Identity.

Appendix to the Defence of Mr. Locke's Opinion concerning

Personal Identity.

Of the Conduct of the Understanding.

Some Thoughts concerning Reading and Study for a Gen-

319

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tleman......

403

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Elements of Natural Philosophy....

A new Method of a Common-Place-Book...

Index to the Essay concerning Human Understanding.

Additional Pieces in this Volume.

THE

CONTENTS

OF THE

ESSAY ON HUMAN UNDERSTANDING

CONTINUED.

BOOK III.

OF WORDS.

CHAP. VII.

4. The imperfection of words

Of particles

is the doubtfulness of their

SECT.

signification.

1. Particles connect parts,

5. Causes of their imperfec-

or whole sentences to-

tion.

gether.

6. The names of mixed modes

2. În them consists the art

doubtful: first, because

of well speaking

the ideas they stand for,

3, 4. They show what relation are so complex.

the mind gives to its own

7. Secondly, because they

thoughts.

have no standards.

5. Instance in But.

8. Propriety not a sufficient

6. This matter but lightly

remedy

touched here.

9. The way of learning these

names contributes also to

CHAP. VIII.

their doubtfulness.

10. Hence unavoidable obscu-

Of abstract and concrete terms.

rity in ancient authors.

SECT.

11. Names of substances, of

1. Abstract terms not predi-

doubtful signification.

cable one of another, and

12. Names of substances re-

why.

ferred, first, to real es-

2. They show the difference sences, that cannot be

of our ideas.

known.

13, 14. Secondly, to co-existing

CHAP. IX.

qualities, which are known

but imperfectly.
Of the imperfection of words.

15. With this imperfection
SECT.

they may serve for civil,
1. Words are used for re- but not well for philoso-

cording and communicat- phical use.
ing our thoughts.

16. Instance, liquor of the
2. Any words will serve for
recording

nerves.