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John Locke
An essay concerning human understanding

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understand

   Book,  Chapter
1 Read | uses does not perfectly understand. And possiblytis but here 2 I, I | as soon as they hear and understand the terms, assent to these 3 I, I | supposes that several, who understand and know other things, are 4 I, I | assented to by those who understand not the terms; nor by a 5 I, I | great part of those who do understand them, but have yet never 6 I, II | but yet is of capacity to understand its meaning; might he not 7 I, II | at all, or never should understand the use of words, as happens 8 I, II | it will be very hard to understand how there be some principles 9 I, III | employ our own reason to understand those truths which gave 10 II, II | appearances. The better to understand the nature, manner, and 11 II, VIII | or animal spirits, we may understand how it is possible that 12 II, XI | would hardly be able to understand and make use of language, 13 II, XIII | he thereby be enabled to understand what a fibre was better 14 II, XIII | nature of things, nor make us understand them, but as they are signs 15 II, XIV | think of it, the less I understand it,) might perhaps persuade 16 II, XIV | the idea of duration. To understand time and eternity aright, 17 II, XIV | with them, and as truly understand, and say one is longer than 18 II, XIV | longer than the other, as I understand, that Methusalem’s life 19 II, XXI | use allows us to say we understand.~6. Faculties, not real 20 II, XXI | would be suspected not to understand well what he said; and he 21 II, XXI | moved; and the ability to understand, understood. For faculty, 22 II, XXI | understanding by something able to understand. And, in truth, it would 23 II, XXI | act, whosoever desires to understand what it is, will better 24 II, XXII | periphrasis, to make any one understand their meaning.~8. Mixed 25 II, XXIII| performed.~25. We can as little understand how the parts cohere in 26 II, XXIII| other; and can as little understand how the parts of body cohere, 27 II, XXIX | the sight, we shall best understand what is meant by clear and 28 II, XXXII| by those appearances, and understand and signify those distinctions 29 III, I | to be treated of. But to understand better the use and force 30 III, III | nothing but making another understand by words what idea the term 31 III, IV | his books and friends, to understand those names of light and 32 III, IV | has place, and may make us understand the names of things which 33 III, IV | would never make a blind man understand it; because several of the 34 III, IV | define, and by definition to understand, the names of complex ideas 35 III, IV | accustomed to, may make him understand its meaning. But in no case 36 III, V | 4. How this is done. To understand this right, we must consider 37 III, VI | and so may make others understand me. But when I am told that 38 III, VI | the meaning of any word we understand not of him that uses it: 39 III, VII | the mind; and therefore to understand them rightly, the several 40 III, IX | men that have a mind to understand one another, do not always 41 III, IX | find that, to make them understand what the names of simple 42 III, IX | that thought not himself to understand very perfectly what the 43 III, IX | ever that had a mind to understand them mistook the ordinary 44 III, X | set of terms that others understand not. But yet this gibberish, 45 III, X | which other men cannot but understand. Sixthly, there remains 46 III, X | forwardly suppose one cannot but understand what their meaning is; and 47 III, X | to explain their own, or understand clearly others’ meaning. 48 III, X | importunately dull as not to understand what others say, without 49 III, XI | too, if they had a mind to understand, and to be clearly understood.~ 50 III, XI | language he speaks, as not to understand it when made use of as it 51 III, XI | So to make a countryman understand what feuillemorte colour 52 III, XI | degree, as to be able to understand general signs, and to deduce 53 IV, I | any of four sorts. But to understand a little more distinctly 54 IV, III | than it is to a smith to understand why the turning of one key 55 IV, VI | For which, perhaps, to understand them aright, we ought to 56 IV, VIII | and been at the pains to understand what I have above writ in 57 IV, VIII | proposition, he is supposed to understand the terms he uses in it, 58 IV, VIII | hearer also is supposed to understand the terms as the speaker 59 IV, VIII | declares himself not to understand him; and then it teaches 60 IV, X | the next step will be to understand creation. For the giving 61 IV, X | conceive of it. If you do not understand the operations of your own 62 IV, XVI | revelation, and that we understand it right: else we shall 63 IV, XVII | rain, and she will easily understand it is not safe for her to 64 IV, XVII | thousand) who perfectly understand mode and figure, and the 65 IV, XVIII| to God; secondly, that we understand it right; can never be so 66 IV, XVIII| it, and in the sense we understand it, so clear and so certain 67 IV, XIX | fountain of light: this they understand he has promised to do, and


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