An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book III: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book III, credited to John Locke, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book III by John Locke. Read in English by Craig Campbell; ChadH94; Sarah Lorenowich; Mia Russell; Cboswell7498; Lucretia B.; Matthew D. Robinson; Abe Stone; Ellaqyint This is the third book of John Locke's Essay on Human Understanding. Book I was Neither Principles Nor Ideas Are Innate. Book II was Of Ideas and Book III is Of Words. Locke is writing about the ideas we have in our minds and the things they are to represent. What does it mean to define a thing? What is an abstract idea? What is motion? What is essential to me as an individual? What would an Englishman born in Jamaica think about ice when he went to England for the first time? What is a concrete term? Locke tackles many such questions in this third book. Book IV is Of Knowledge and Probability. - Summary by Craig Campbell

Recording facts

• Recording title: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book III
• Author credits: John Locke
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 15
• Listed recording duration: 6:20:14

Catalogue topics

• philosophy
• language arts
• english language

Track guide

1. 01 - Chapter I. Of Words or Language in General — 8:34
2. 02 - Chapter II Of The Signification Of Words — 14:55
3. 03 - Chapter III Of General Terms — 38:02
4. 04 - Chapter IV Of The Names Of Simple Ideas — 20:40
5. 05 - Chapter V Of The Names Of Mixed Modes And Relations — 25:12
6. 06 - Chapter VI Of The Names Of Substances Part One — 40:02
7. 07 - Chapter VI Of The Names Of Substances Part Two — 34:55
8. 08 - Chapter VI Of The Names Of Substances Part Three — 32:44
9. 09 - Chapter VII Of Particles — 8:10
10. 10 - Chapter VIII Of Abstract And Concrete Terms — 6:32
11. 11 - Chapter IX Of The Imperfection Of Words — 52:20
12. 12 - Chapter X Of The Abuse Of Words Part One — 30:28
13. 13 - Chapter X Of The Abuse Of Words Part Two — 26:32
14. 14 - Chapter XI Of The Remedies Of The Foregoing Imperfections And Abuses Of Words Part One — 22:03
15. 15 - Chapter XI Of The Remedies Of The Foregoing Imperfections And Abuses Of Words Part Two — 19:05

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