An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding Book I

John Locke (1632 - 1704)

John Locke's essays on human understanding answers the question “What gives rise to ideas in our minds?”. In the first book Locke refutes the notion of innate ideas and argues against a number of propositions that rationalists offer as universally accepted truth. In the second book Locke elaborates the role played by sensation, reflection, perception and retention in giving rise to simple ideas. Then he elaborates on how different modes, substances and relations of simple ideas (of the same kind) give rise to complex ideas v.g. space, time, infinity etc. Finally he discusses complex ideas of mixed modes which arise from a combination of simple ideas of different kinds v.g. identity and diversity, cause and effect, etc. (Summary by bala)

Prooflistening for this project was done by bala and Rapunzelina

Genre(s): Philosophy

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Introduction. bala
00:14:38
Play 01 No innate speculative principles. Part I bala
00:28:34
Play 02 No innate speculative principles. Part II bala
00:29:13
Play 03 No innate practical principles. Part I Malone
00:35:18
Play 04 No innate practical principles. Part II Malone
00:31:02
Play 05 Other considerations concerning innate principles, both speculative and practical. Part I Malone
00:30:59
Play 06 Other considerations concerning innate principles, both speculative and practical. Part II Malone
00:30:58
Play 07 Of ideas in general, and their original. Part I bala
00:22:55
Play 08 Of ideas in general, and their original. Part II bala
00:22:02
Play 09 Of simple ideas ; of simple ideas of sense ; idea of solidity. Malone
00:26:09
Play 10 Of simple ideas of divers senses ; Of simple ideas of reflection; Of simple ideas of both sensation and reflection. Malone
00:16:17
Play 11 Some further considerations concerning our simple ideas of sensation Malone
00:35:48
Play 12 Of perception Malone
00:22:09
Play 13 Of retention Lynne T
00:15:52
Play 14 Of discerning, and other operations of the mind Malone
00:24:44
Play 15 Of complex ideas Diana Majlinger
00:07:58
Play 16 Of simple modes:—and first, of the simple modes of the idea of space Part I Malone
00:25:04
Play 17 Of simple modes:—and first, of the simple modes of the idea of space Part II Malone
00:23:38
Play 18 Idea of duration and its simple modes Part I Jeremy Robertson
00:17:24
Play 19 Idea of duration and its simple modes Part II Jeremy Robertson
00:17:07
Play 20 Ideas of duration and expansion, considered together Jeremy Robertson
00:17:45
Play 21 Idea of number and its simple modes bala
00:14:12
Play 22 Of the idea of infinity Part I bala
00:22:01
Play 23 Of the idea of infinity Part II bala
00:20:15
Play 24 Of other simple modes; of the modes of thinking ; of modes of pleasure and pain Malone
00:32:01
Play 25 Of the idea of power Part I bala
00:32:24
Play 26 Of the idea of power Part II bala
00:32:23
Play 27 Of the idea of power Part III bala
00:34:10
Play 28 Of the idea of power Part IV bala
00:32:58
Play 29 Of mixed modes doonaboon
00:20:33
Play 30 Of our complex ideas of substances Part I dsilber01
00:30:13
Play 31 Of our complex ideas of substances Part II dsilber01
00:30:41
Play 32 Of collective ideas of substances; of ideas of relation; of ideas of cause and effect, and other relations dsilber01
00:27:13
Play 33 Of ideas of identity and diversity Part I Jessica Louise
00:23:39
Play 34 Of ideas of identity and diversity Part II Kathryn Louise
00:25:58
Play 35 Of ideas of other relations bala
00:37:55
Play 36 Of clear and obscure, distinct and confused ideas Malone
00:33:30
Play 37 Of real and fantastical ideas Savannah
00:06:59
Play 38 Of adequate and inadequate ideas Malone
00:33:11
Play 39 Of true and false ideas Malone
00:37:32
Play 40 Of the association of ideas Rapunzelina
00:20:14