AN ESSAY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING. WRITTEN BY JOHN LOCKE, GENT. THE TWENTY-FOURTH EDITION. TO WHICH ARE NOW ADDED, I. Analysis of Mr. Locke's Doctrine of Ideas, on a large Sheet. II. A Defence of Mr. Locke's Opinion concerning Personal Identity, with an Appendix. III. A Treatise on the Conduct of the Understanding. IV. Some Thoughts concerning Reading and Study for a Gentleman. V. Elements of Natural Philosophy. VI. A New Method of a Common-Place-Book. EXTRACTED FROM THE AUTHOR'S WORKS. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOLUME II. London: PRINTED FOR C. AND J. RIVINGTON; LONGMAN AND CO., T. CADELL; - CONTENTS VOLUME. Page ESSAY on Human Understanding, book III. ch. 7, &c..... 4. The imperfection of words is the doubtfulness of their signification. 5. Causes of their imperfec- tion. gether. 2. In them consists the art of well speaking. 3, 4. They show what relation the mind gives to its own thoughts. 5. Instance in But. 6. This matter but lightly touched here. CHAP. VIII. Of abstract and concrete terms. SECT. 1. Abstract terms not predi- cable one of another, and why. 2. They show the difference of our ideas. CHAP. IX. Of the imperfection of words. SECT. 1. Words are used for re- 2. Any words will serve for 3. Communication by words, 6. The names of mixed modes the ideas they stand for, are so complex. 7. Secondly, because they have no standards. 8. Propriety not a sufficient remedy. 9. The way of learning these names contributes also to their doubtfulness. 10. Hence unavoidable obscu- rity in ancient authors. 11. Names of substances, of doubtful signification. 12. Names of substances re- ferred, first, to real es- sences, that cannot be 13, 14. Secondly, to co-existing qualities, which are known but imperfectly. 15. With this imperfection they may serve for civil, 16. Instance, liquor of the nerves. 17. Instance, gold. 18. The names of simple ideas, |