Project Gutenberg 2004-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 583 Locke, John 1632 1704 Lock, John An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 2 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 3 and 4 Essay Concerning Humane Understanding Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Essay_Concerning_Human_Understanding Produced by Steve Harris and David Widger "An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 2" by John Locke is a philosophical treatise written during the late 17th century. This volume delves into the themes of language, meaning, knowledge, and how words relate to the ideas they signify. Locke aims to unpack the complexities of human understanding by examining the function and classification of words, ultimately addressing how communication shapes our perceptions. The beginning of this volume introduces the foundation of Locke's exploration into language, focusing on how humans are equipped to form articulated sounds as a means of communication. He emphasizes that while humans can produce sounds, the value of language comes from its capacity to convey internal ideas and concepts to others. Locke outlines the necessity of general terms to categorize and simplify communication, demonstrating how words represent complex ideas and are arbiters of understanding. This initial section sets the stage for Locke’s deeper examination into the nature and signification of words, their imperfections, and the implications these have on knowledge and understanding, which he will elaborate upon in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 50.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Knowledge, Theory of -- Early works to 1800 B Text Banned Books from Anne Haight's list Category: Language & Communication Category: Philosophy & Ethics 780914 2025-07-05T04:09:49.470271 text/html 780799 780724 2024-11-05T05:31:21.801838 2023-10-05T06:15:41.534491 text/html text/html 356334 2025-07-05T04:09:58.607237 application/epub+zip 365981 2025-07-05T04:09:52.908298 application/epub+zip 342490 2025-07-05T04:09:51.657258 application/epub+zip 664138 2025-07-05T04:10:03.452226 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 621725 2025-07-05T04:09:57.791275 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 460714 2022-09-05T08:46:52.408330 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 738005 2025-07-05T04:09:49.017252 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 718255 2024-10-28T17:56:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17462 2025-07-05T04:10:03.581178 application/rdf+xml 17773 2025-07-05T04:09:52.157244 image/jpeg 3739 2025-07-05T04:09:51.907233 image/jpeg 352264 2025-07-05T04:09:49.527348 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia