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On translating Nicole   (1677) [shorthand]

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 28, ff. 42-49.

Description:   Notes related to Locke’s translation of three of Nicole’s Essais de morale.; endorsed “Essay de Morale 77” and captioned “Essay observacon” and “Essay de Morale” in the lower left and right of the first page, respectively. The first page is mostly in shorthand.

The manuscript is made up of four sheets of paper each folded once to form a quire of 16 pages, 180 × 115 mm. The pages are numbered 1-5 (p. 3 repeated) by Locke; ff. 45-49 are blank.

Publications:

1. [the longhand notes]: The life of John Locke : with extracts from his correspondence, journals and common-place books / by Lord King. – London : H. Colburn, 1829. – p. 130-131 [1864 ed.]
2. [the shorthand note]: Essays on the law of nature / John Locke ; the Latin text with a translation, introduction and notes, together with transcripts of Locke’s shorthand in his journal for 1676, edited by W. von Leyden. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1954. – p. 252-254. [Locke #944] – Includes a photographic reproduction (opposite p. 254)

Discussions:   Von Leyden, publication #1 above, p. 252-253.

Understanding   (1677 February 8)

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke f. 2, pp. 42-53.

Description:   A journal entry dated 8 February 1677, with several marginal captions: “Understanding,” “Knowledge its extent & measure,” “End of knowledge,” and “Knowledge.” Pages 48-49 are repeated; page 53 is Locke’s number, corrected to 55 by the Bodleian.

Publications:

1. The life of John Locke : with extracts from his correspondence, journals and common-place books / by Lord King. – London : H. Colburn, 1829. – p. 184-190; London : H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1830. – vol. 1:161-171. – King gives it the title “Knowledge, its extent and measure.”
2. An early draft of Locke’s Essay : together with excerpts from his journals / edited by R.I. Aaron and Jocelyn Gibb. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1936. – p. 84-90. [Locke #932]
3. Political essays / Locke ; edited by Mark Goldie. – Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1997. – p. 260-265. [Locke #867+]

Discussions:   G. Bonno, Les relations intellectuelles de Locke avec la France (1955), p. 59-60.

Arguments positive and negative, Understanding   (1677 February 12)

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke f. 2, pp. 55-57.

Description:   A journal entry dated 12 February 1677, with the marginal caption “Arguments positive & negative” at the beginning, and “Understanding” on p. 56. The pagination above is incorrect; the pagination as corrected by the Bodleian is 57-59.

Publications:

1. The life of John Locke : with extracts from his correspondence, journals and common-place books / by Lord King. – London : H. Colburn, 1829. – pp. 329-330 in the 1864 ed.
2. The life of John Locke / by H.R. Fox Bourne. – London : H.S. King ; New York : Harper, 1876. – vol. 1:358-359.
3. An early draft of Locke’s Essay : together with excerpts from his journals / edited by R.I. Aaron and Jocelyn Gibb. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1936. – pp. 90-91. [Locke #932]

Recreation   (1677 March)

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Rawlinson D 849, ff. 146-147;
copy in Bodleian Library, MS. Locke f. 3, pp. 351-357.

Description:   An essay written by Locke in response to Denis Grenville and sent by him in a letter which De Beer dates c. 9-11 March 1677 (O.S.), and preserved among Grenville’s papers. The paper begins “As for my Recreation thus I thinke.” On one sheet of paper, folded to form our pages, 186 x 127 mm.

Locke copied the paper into his Journal the following year, written between the entries dated 2 and 5 December 1678. The entry is headed “An essay concerning Recreation in answer to D G^s desire Mar 77”.

Publications:

1. [from the Journal:] The life of John Locke : with extracts from his correspondence, journals and common-place books / by Lord King. – London : H. Colburn, 1829. – pp. 323-325.
2. [from King:] The life of John Locke / by H.R. Fox Bourne. – London : H.S. King ; New York : Harper, 1876. – vol. 1:388-390.
3. [from the Grenville MS.:] The correspondence of John Locke / edited by E.S. de Beer. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1976-89. – vol. 1:472-475. [Locke #847, letter 328]
4. [from De Beer:] Selected correspondence / John Locke ; edited by Mark Goldie from the Clarendon edition by E.S. de Beer. – Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002. – p. 59-61. [Locke #847+]

For an Italian translation, see entry Locke #862 in the John Locke Bibliography.

Discussions:   Axtell, The educational writings of John Locke (1968), pp. 311 n. 3, 405-406; De Beer, publication #3 above, pp. 472-473.

Of study   (1677 March 26-early May)

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke f. 2, pp. 85-89, 84-85, 87-88, 89-93, 106-114, 116-132.

Description:   A journal entry with the caption “Study,” beginning “The end of study is knowledge” and ending “And so much concerning study. JL.” It begins under March 26 and was continued until sometime in early May. There is a gap in the dated entries between April 5 and May 10 (p. 133). The pagination above is based on Locke’s pagination and is complicated by the fact that Locke repeated pp. 84-89 (as well as earlier pages); the pagination as corrected by the Bodleian would be 87-93, 95-96, 97-101, 114-122, 124-140.

Publications:

1. The life of John Locke : with extracts from his correspondence, journals and common-place books / by Lord King. – London : H. Colburn, 1829. – p. 92-109; London : H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1830. – vol. 1:171-203.
2. Some thoughts concerning education / by John Locke. And, A treatise of education / by John Milton ; with an appendix containing Locke’s memoranda on study. – Boston : Gray & Bowen, 1830. [Locke #550] – Reprinted from King.
3. [partially:] The life of John Locke / by H.R. Fox Bourne. – London : H.S. King ; New York : Harper, 1876. – vol. 1:162-164.
4. The educational writings of John Locke : a critical edition / with introduction and notes by James L. Axtell. – Cambridge : University Press, 1968. – p. 405-422. [Locke #562]
5. [extracts:] Political essays / Locke ; edited by Mark Goldie. – Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1997. – pp. 365-372. [Locke #867+]

For translations into Italian, see the section on this work in the John Locke Bibliography.

Discussions:   Axtell, publication #4 above, pp. 405-406; Goldie, publication #5 above, pp. 365-366.

Adversaria   (1677 or 1678)

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke f. 15, pp. 110, 119-120, 122-123.

Description:   Three outlines of the branches of knowledge, each captioned “Adversaria” in Locke’s pocket memorandum book for June 1677-June 1678. The first two have been crossed through with a vertical line, indicating that they had been copied elsewhere; pp. 122-123 may be a copy and revision of pp. 119-120; the relation of p. 110 to these is unclear.

Publications:   None.

Cartesii opera   (1677 August 8)

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke f. 2, pp. 226-227.

Description:   A list of works by Descartes in Locke’s journal dated 8 August 1677 and with the marginal caption “Cartesij opera”.

Publications:

1. An early draft of Locke’s Essay : together with excerpts from his journals / edited by R.I. Aaron and Jocelyn Gibb. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1936. – p. 91. [Locke #932]

Adversaria   (1677 August 19)

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 28, f. 50.

Description:   An outline of the branches of knowledge, headed “In Legendis Authoris hæc mihi præcipue observanda videtur” and captioned “Adversaria 19 Aug 77.”

Publications:   None.

Adversaria   (1677 September 4)

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke f. 2, pp. 247-252.

Description:   A journal entry on the method of commonplacing, dated 4 September 1677, with the marginal caption “Adversaria”. Goldie calls it “Adversaria B” to distinguish it from other notes with the same caption.

Publications:

1. The life of John Locke : with extracts from his correspondence, journals and common-place books / by Lord King. – London : H. Colburn, 1829. – pp. 116-118; London : H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1830. – vol. 1:218-222 [misdated].
2. An early draft of Locke’s Essay : together with excerpts from his journals / edited by R.I. Aaron and Jocelyn Gibb. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1936. – pp. 92-94. [Locke #932]
3. Political essays / Locke ; edited by Mark Goldie. – Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1997. – pp. 265-267. [Locke #867+]

Discussions:   Goldie, publication #3 above, p. 265.

Space, Distance   (1677 September 16)

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke f. 2, pp. 265-269.

Description:   A journal entry dated 16 September 1677, with the marginal captions “Space” (at the beginning), “Distances,” and (again) ”Space.”

Publications:

1. The life of John Locke : with extracts from his correspondence, journals and common-place books / by Lord King. – London : H. Colburn, 1829. – p. 336-338 in the 1864 ed.
2. [part only:] The life of John Locke / by H.R. Fox Bourne. – London : H.S. King ; New York : Harper, 1876. – vol. 1:357-358.
3. An early draft of Locke’s Essay : together with excerpts from his journals / edited by R.I. Aaron and Jocelyn Gibb. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1936. – pp. 94-96. [Locke #932]

Turks   (1677 September 19)

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke f. 2, pp. 270-271.

Description:   An entry in Locke’s journal dated 19 September 1677, with the marginal caption “Turks” and the initials “JL” at the end.

Publications:   None

Sensation, Delight, Senses   (1677 October 1)

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke f. 2, pp. 280-286.

Description:   A journal entry dated 1 October 1677, with the marginal captions “Sensation” (at the beginning), “Delight,” and ”Senses.” The latter part (pp. 282-286) is in shorthand.

Publications:

1. An early draft of Locke’s Essay : together with excerpts from his journals / edited by R.I. Aaron and Jocelyn Gibb. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1936. – pp. 96-97. [Locke #932] – Does not include the shorthand passages.

See   description under 1676

Madnesse   (1677 November 5)

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke f. 2, pp. 317-318.

Description:   A journal entry dated 5 November 1677, with the marginal caption “Madnesse.”

Publications:

1. The life of John Locke : with extracts from his correspondence, journals and common-place books / by Lord King. – London : H. Colburn, 1829. – p. 328.
2. John Locke (1632-1704), physician and philosopher : a medical biography : with an edition of the medical notes in his journals / by Kenneth Dewhurst. – London : Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 1963. – p. 89.

Error   (1677 November 11)

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke f. 2, p. 347.

Description:   A journal entry dated 11 November 1677, with the marginal caption “Error.”

Publications:

1. The life of John Locke : with extracts from his correspondence, journals and common-place books / by Lord King. – London : H. Colburn, 1829. – p. 329.
2. An early draft of Locke’s Essay : together with excerpts from his journals / edited by R.I. Aaron and Jocelyn Gibb. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1936. – pp. 97-98. [Locke #932]

Madnesse, Folly   (1677 November 11)

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke f. 2, p. 348.

Description:   A journal entry dated 11 November 1677, with the marginal captions “Madnesse” and “Folly.”

Publications:

1. The life of John Locke : with extracts from his correspondence, journals and common-place books / by Lord King. – London : H. Colburn, 1829. – p. 329.
2. An early draft of Locke’s Essay : together with excerpts from his journals / edited by R.I. Aaron and Jocelyn Gibb. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1936. – p. 98. [Locke #932]
3. John Locke (1632-1704), physician and philosopher : a medical biography : with an edition of the medical notes in his journals / by Kenneth Dewhurst. – London : Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 1963. – p. 90.

Adversaria   (1677 November 12)

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 28, f. 51.

Description:   An outline of the branches of knowledge, headed “In Legendis Authoris hæc mihi præcipue observanda videtur” and captioned “Adversaria 12 Nov 77.”

Publications:   None.

Species   (1677 November 19)

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke f. 2, pp. 356-358.

Description:   A journal entry dated 19 November 1677, with the marginal caption “Species.”

Publications:

1. The life of John Locke : with extracts from his correspondence, journals and common-place books / by Lord King. – London : H. Colburn, 1829. – p. 321.
2. An early draft of Locke’s Essay : together with excerpts from his journals / edited by R.I. Aaron and Jocelyn Gibb. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1936. – pp. 98-99. [Locke #932]

Morality   [1677 or 8?]

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 28, ff. 139^r-140^v.

Description:   An undated paper in Locke’s hand, with the title “Morality.” Schankula and Sargentich date it to the 1680s, but Goldie prefers c. 1677-78. On two small sheets of paper, 160 × 100 mm.

Publications:

1. From natural law to utilitarianism : a study of John Locke’s ethical and political theory / by Thomas Oliver Sargentich. – Thesis (B.A. honors)–Harvard University, 1972.
2. “Locke and ethical theory : two MS. pieces” / Thomas Sargentich. // IN: Locke newsletter. – 5 (1974):26-28.
3. Political essays / Locke ; edited by Mark Goldie. – Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1997. – pp. 267-269. [Locke #867+]
4. Drafts for the Essay concerning human understanding, and other philosophical writings. Volume 3 / John Locke ; edited by Paul Schuurman. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, forthcoming. – (The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke)

Discussions:   Sargentich, publication #1 above; Goldie, publication #2 above, p. 267.