Book II looks into going through many things that our minds can do some include:
-questioning our own ideas- asking yourself it they are good enough?
-remembering ideas
-Deciding what makes ideas different
-comparing ideas to one another
-combining simple ideas to make one complex idea
-pulling simples ideas out of a complex idea
Locke makes it a point to share that our minds have the ability to do many diff functions. I definetly understand his points a lot where he is coming from all our different kinds of ideas make sence to me. He shows how differently the mind can think of diff things all at once.
Locke discusses complex ideas puttig them into four basic types:
(1) modes, which are ideas that do not exist in and of themselves, such as qualities
(2) substances- a particular thing (particular man) or collections of such things (an army of men) (3) relations- ex: morally good
(4) abstract generals, such as “man” or “sheep” in general.
Locke's idea of complex ideas is a little confusing. I understand qualities, substances and abstract generals but the ideas he puts with relations is kind of confusing. How does the example of morally good go with relations? What does morally good have any thing to do with relations? Confused about that!
Complex ideas are created through three methods: combination, comparison, and abstraction.
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I think that either meant morally good and the idea about the relations were not suppose to be thought of together. Or possible locke is talking about how relations as in like business or something like that should be moral in general. Thats my take, im not totally positive about it myself.
Yea that could be a possibility. Your example with business and morality was a good way to see what Locke could mean by his writing.
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