An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Section S1

Of our real ideas, some are adequate, and some are inadequate. Those I call ADEQUATE, which perfectly represent those archetypes which the mind supposes them taken from: which it intends them to stand for, and to which it refers them. INADEQUATE IDEAS are such, which are but a partial or incomplete representation of those archetypes to which they are referred. Upon which account it is plain,

ENtre nos Idées réelles quelques-unes ſont () completes, & quelques autres () incompletes. J’appelle Idées completes celles qui repréſentent parfaitement les Originaux d’où l’Eſprit ſuppoſe qu’elles ſont tirées, qu’il prétend qu’elles repréſentent, & auxquels il les rapporte. Les Idées incompletes ſont celles qui ne repréſentent qu’une partie des Originaux auxquels elles ſe rapportent.