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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

John Locke · 1689

The mind starts blank and experience writes on it. Locke’s demolition of innate ideas and the founding text of empiricism.

274,389 words · 153 pages · about 20 h 47 min of reading

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Lessons cite it by book, chapter & section — for example II.viii.9. Those numbers appear in the margin as you read, so a citation and the page agree.

Contents

  1. Page 1 64 words

Book I

  1. Book I 34 words

Book II

  1. Book II 1,500 words
  2. Book II 1,954 words
  3. Book II 1,657 words
  4. Book II 1,303 words

Book I

  1. Book I–Ch. I 1,524 words
  2. Ch. I–Ch. II 1,997 words
  3. Ch. II 1,789 words
  4. Ch. II 1,856 words
  5. Ch. II 1,583 words
  6. Ch. II–Ch. III 2,541 words
  7. Ch. III 1,914 words
  8. Ch. III 1,664 words
  9. Ch. III 1,623 words
  10. Ch. III–Ch. IV 2,638 words
  11. Ch. IV 1,531 words
  12. Ch. IV 1,563 words
  13. Ch. IV 2,135 words
  14. Ch. IV 1,048 words

Book II

  1. Book II–Ch. I 1,640 words
  2. Ch. I 1,501 words
  3. Ch. I 1,500 words
  4. Ch. I 1,501 words
  5. Ch. II–Ch. IV 3,086 words
  6. Ch. IV–Ch. VII 2,004 words
  7. Ch. VIII 1,676 words
  8. Ch. VIII 1,596 words
  9. Ch. VIII–Ch. IX 2,712 words
  10. Ch. IX–Ch. X 2,596 words
  11. Ch. X–Ch. XI 2,505 words
  12. Ch. XI–Ch. XII 2,431 words
  13. Ch. XIII 1,501 words
  14. Ch. XIII 1,555 words
  15. Ch. XIII 1,509 words
  16. Ch. XIII 1,518 words
  17. Ch. XIV 1,554 words
  18. Ch. XIV 1,678 words
  19. Ch. XIV 1,575 words
  20. Ch. XIV 1,508 words
  21. Ch. XIV–Ch. XV 1,881 words
  22. Ch. XV 1,576 words
  23. Ch. XVI 1,600 words
  24. Ch. XVI–Ch. XVII 1,887 words
  25. Ch. XVII 1,754 words
  26. Ch. XVII 1,563 words
  27. Ch. XVII–Ch. XVIII 2,230 words
  28. Ch. XIX–Ch. XX 2,682 words
  29. Ch. XXI 1,662 words
  30. Ch. XXI 1,694 words
  31. Ch. XXI 1,526 words
  32. Ch. XXI 1,977 words
  33. Ch. XXI 1,712 words
  34. Ch. XXI 1,682 words
  35. Ch. XXI 1,600 words
  36. Ch. XXI 1,589 words
  37. Ch. XXI 1,539 words
  38. Ch. XXI 1,553 words
  39. Ch. XXI 1,647 words
  40. Ch. XXI–Ch. XXII 2,552 words
  41. Ch. XXII–Ch. XXIII 3,249 words
  42. Ch. XXIII 1,610 words
  43. Ch. XXIII 1,563 words
  44. Ch. XXIII 1,503 words
  45. Ch. XXIII 1,625 words
  46. Ch. XXIII–Ch. XXIV 1,681 words
  47. Ch. XXV 1,721 words
  48. Ch. XXV–Ch. XXVI 1,993 words
  49. Ch. XXVII 1,556 words
  50. Ch. XXVII 1,551 words
  51. Ch. XXVII 1,588 words
  52. Ch. XXVII 1,544 words
  53. Ch. XXVII 1,500 words
  54. Ch. XXVII–Ch. XXVIII 1,893 words
  55. Ch. XXVIII 1,798 words
  56. Ch. XXVIII 1,615 words
  57. Ch. XXIX 1,545 words
  58. Ch. XXIX 1,540 words
  59. Ch. XXIX–Ch. XXX 2,066 words
  60. Ch. XXXI 2,364 words
  61. Ch. XXXI 1,517 words
  62. Ch. XXXI–Ch. XXXII 1,681 words
  63. Ch. XXXII 1,761 words
  64. Ch. XXXII–Ch. XXXIII 2,739 words
  65. Ch. XXXIII 1,607 words

Book III

  1. Book III 75 words

Book IV

  1. Book IV 136 words

Book III

  1. Book III–Ch. II 2,742 words
  2. Ch. III 1,645 words
  3. Ch. III 1,794 words
  4. Ch. III–Ch. IV 3,062 words
  5. Ch. IV 1,740 words
  6. Ch. IV–Ch. V 1,823 words
  7. Ch. V 1,660 words
  8. Ch. V–Ch. VI 2,385 words
  9. Ch. VI 1,880 words
  10. Ch. VI 1,735 words
  11. Ch. VI 1,671 words
  12. Ch. VI 1,739 words
  13. Ch. VI 1,580 words
  14. Ch. VI 1,768 words
  15. Ch. VI 1,539 words
  16. Ch. VI–Ch. VII 1,524 words
  17. Ch. VIII–Ch. IX 2,395 words
  18. Ch. IX 1,662 words
  19. Ch. IX 1,569 words
  20. Ch. IX–Ch. X 2,673 words
  21. Ch. X 1,514 words
  22. Ch. X 1,590 words
  23. Ch. X 1,561 words
  24. Ch. X 1,507 words
  25. Ch. XI 1,552 words
  26. Ch. XI 1,525 words
  27. Ch. XI 1,608 words
  28. Ch. XI 1,680 words

Book IV

  1. Book IV–Ch. I 2,638 words
  2. Ch. II 1,555 words
  3. Ch. II 1,580 words
  4. Ch. II–Ch. III 2,163 words
  5. Ch. III 1,568 words
  6. Ch. III 1,587 words
  7. Ch. III 1,899 words
  8. Ch. III 1,956 words
  9. Ch. III–Ch. IV 2,386 words
  10. Ch. IV 1,719 words
  11. Ch. IV–Ch. V 2,959 words
  12. Ch. V–Ch. VI 2,291 words
  13. Ch. VI 1,965 words
  14. Ch. VI–Ch. VII 2,870 words
  15. Ch. VII 1,507 words
  16. Ch. VII 1,592 words
  17. Ch. VII 1,506 words
  18. Ch. VII 1,522 words
  19. Ch. VIII 1,585 words
  20. Ch. VIII–Ch. IX 1,654 words
  21. Ch. X 1,542 words
  22. Ch. X 1,645 words
  23. Ch. X–Ch. XI 2,964 words
  24. Ch. XI 1,601 words
  25. Ch. XI–Ch. XII 2,235 words
  26. Ch. XII 1,625 words
  27. Ch. XII–Ch. XIII 2,045 words
  28. Ch. XIV–Ch. XV 2,132 words
  29. Ch. XVI 1,539 words
  30. Ch. XVI 1,705 words
  31. Ch. XVI–Ch. XVII 3,079 words
  32. Ch. XVII 1,807 words
  33. Ch. XVII–Ch. XVIII 3,307 words
  34. Ch. XVIII 1,505 words
  35. Ch. XIX–Ch. XX 1,911 words
  36. Ch. XX 1,608 words
  37. Ch. XX 1,514 words
  38. Ch. XX–Ch. XXI 1,009 words