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John Locke
An essay concerning human understanding

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uncertain

   Book,  Chapter
1 Read | depending on the doubtful and uncertain use of words, or (which 2 I, I | man’s life; but when is uncertain. And so may all other knowable 3 I, II | but men are in the same uncertain floating estate with as 4 I, II | this cannot be but a very uncertain rule of human practice, 5 I, II | engrave principles in words of uncertain meaning. Nor is the fourth 6 I, II | men’s minds, in words of uncertain signification, such as virtues 7 I, III | word substance but only an uncertain supposition of we know not 8 II, IX | mind is very various, and uncertain also; neither is it much 9 II, XIII | been too much placed in the uncertain meaning, or deceitful obscurity 10 II, XIII | builds upon floating and uncertain principles, and will often 11 II, XXI | greater good for a less, upon uncertain guesses; and before a due 12 II, XXI | or, at best, the terrible uncertain hope of annihilation. This 13 II, XXII | they have there too a very uncertain existence: and therefore 14 II, XXIII | thousand times more, is uncertain.~12. Our faculties for discovery 15 II, XXVIII| often of as doubtful and uncertain signification as those of 16 II, XXIX | render the use of words uncertain, and take away the benefit 17 II, XXIX | when any one of them is uncertain and undetermined. Thus we 18 II, XXXI | reference to other figures. How uncertain and imperfect would our 19 II, XXXII | mixed modes we are much more uncertain; it being not so easy to 20 III, III | making; and were not the uncertain and various collection of 21 III, IV | generally less doubtful and uncertain than those of mixed modes 22 III, IV | signification of name be obscure, or uncertain.~16. Simple ideas have few 23 III, V | and writings, with very uncertain, little, or no signification. 24 III, VI | Therefore very various and uncertain in the ideas of different 25 III, VI | somewhat a like case. So uncertain are the boundaries of species 26 III, VI | substitution it has so confused and uncertain a signification, that, though 27 III, VI | it a boldness, and it is uncertain whether common use will 28 III, IX | them to be doubtful and uncertain in their significations. 29 III, IX | imperfection, to be of doubtful and uncertain signification; and even 30 III, IX | needless; but to show how uncertain the names of mixed modes 31 III, IX | names of mixed modes be uncertain, because there be no real 32 III, IX | signification of their names very uncertain: for names must be of a 33 III, IX | stand for it must be very uncertain in its application; and 34 III, IX | without very various and uncertain significations. Because 35 III, IX | common name very various and uncertain. For the complex ideas of 36 III, IX | significations of those names very uncertain.~14. Thirdly, to co-existing 37 III, IX | must unavoidably be very uncertain. Since, as has been said, 38 III, IX | things, and words have very uncertain significations.~18. The 39 III, IX | usually names of no very uncertain signification. But the names 40 III, IX | owing to words, and their uncertain or mistaken significations, 41 III, X | at least very obscure and uncertain notions annexed to them. 42 III, X | there much more obscure, uncertain, and undetermined in their 43 III, XI | either common use has left it uncertain and loose, (as it has in 44 III, XI | common use being but a very uncertain rule, which reduces itself 45 IV, III | their names are of more uncertain signification, the precise 46 IV, III | in sounds of doubtful and uncertain significations. Mathematicians 47 IV, III | words of undetermined and uncertain signification, they are 48 IV, III | all in the obscurity of uncertain and doubtful ways of talking, 49 IV, VI | the general word is very uncertain; because, not knowing this 50 IV, VI | this use of them we are uncertain what things are signified 51 IV, VIII | they are instructive, are uncertain, and such as we can have 52 IV, X | or else we shall be as uncertain and ignorant of this as 53 IV, XI | be so sceptical as to be uncertain of the existence of those 54 IV, XVII | renders the illation much more uncertain than without them.] And 55 IV, XVII | ground, do dubious words and uncertain signs, often, in discourses 56 IV, XVIII | concerning which it has but an uncertain evidence, and so is persuaded 57 IV, XIX | natural ways of knowledge, uncertain, the proposition that must


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