CONCERNING

HUMAN UNDERSTANDING.,

BY JOHN LOCKE, GENT.

TO WHICH ARE NOW ADDED,

I. An Analysis of Mr. Locke's Doctrine of Ideas, on a large Sheet.

II. A Defence of Mr. Locke's Opinion concerning perfonal 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 Philofophy.
VI A new Method of a Common-Place-Book.

-EXTRACTED FROM THE AUTHOR'S WORKS.

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED

THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR.

IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOLUI

VOL. I.

SECOND AMERICAS EDİTİON

are

BRATTLEBORO, VT.

PRINTED BY WILLIAM fessenden,

FOR THOMAS & ANDREWS, AND JOHN WEST, BOSTON.

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The Dedication.
Epiftle to the Reader.

Life of the Author.

BOOK I-CHAP. I

OF INNATE NOTIONS.
The Introduction.

SECT.

1. An Inquiry into the Understanding pleasant and
ufeful.

2. Defign.

3. Method.

4. Ufeful to know the Extent of our Comprehenfion.
5. Our Capacity proportioned to our State and Con-
cerns, to difcover things useful to us.

6. Knowing the Extent of our Capacities, will hinder
us from useless Curiosity,Scepticism,andillenefs.
7. Occafion of this Effay.

8. What Idea ftands for.

CHAP. II.

No Innate Speculative Principles.

SECT.

1. The Way shown how we come by any Knowledge,
fufficient to prove it not innate.

2. General Affent, the great Argument.

3. Univerfal confent proves nothing innate.
4. What is, is; and it is impoffible for the fame thing to
be, and not to be; not univerfally affented to.

5. Not on the Mind naturally imprinted, because not
known to children, Idiots, &c.

6, 7. That Men know them when they come to the
Ufe of Reafon answered.

8. If Reafon difcovered them, that would not prove
them innate.

9-11. It is falfe that Reason discovers them.

12. The coming to the use of Reason not the time we
come to know thefe Maxims.

13. By this they are not diftinguished from other
knowable Truths.