"It is necessary that man should find out some external sensible signs, whereby those invisible ideas which his thoughts are made up of might be made known to others."
This part in the book reminds me of Descartes theory "The Method." Even though Locke is discussing primarily communication, it shows a connection between the two. Descarte mainly focuses on method when it comes to thinking or following the rules of "life" almost. Locke on the other hand, targets in on the method when it comes to communication. The quote above reminded me of something Descarte would say. Reasons for this would be because Locke is questioning his own thoughts. A thought which is inside someones head.. is invisible to others- but how does someone know that others do not already know that "invisible" thought? I feel that Descarte believes that a thought is what occurs first in the mind, whereas with Locke, he believes that something triggers a thought to occur.
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Referring to the invisible thought I believe you are correct about Locke thinking therre is something that triggers the thought because Locke believes you are not always thinking and something has to trigger that thought to happen. I believe that Descartes believes there are never a start or end of your minds because you are always thinking- consciously or sub-consciously.
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