In this book Locke discusses how complex ideas are made. There are 3 ways complex ideas are formed in the mind:
1) Combining simeple ideas into one compund ideas
complex ideas, such as beauty, gratitude, a man, and army, are made up of simple ideas but the mind considers them one thing and they are signified by one name.
2) Bringing 2 ideas, either simple or complex, and views them at one time without bringing the two together
3) Abstraction - separating ideas from all other ideas that have to do with reality
Locke also discusses how complex ideas are either modes, substances, or relations.
Modes are made up of different parts and depend on substances. There are 2 types of modes. There are simple modes which are different combinations of the smae idea without mixing them together. The other type is called mixed modes. These are compounded of simple ideas of several kinds put together to make one idea.
Ideas of substances are combos of simple ideas and represent distinct particular things. There are 2 types of ideas of substances. The first is single substances existing separately. For example, a man or a sheep. The second one is putting the substances together. For example, an army of men or flock of sheep.
Relations are just the comparison of idea to another.
All of these things come together to make complex ideas. Complex ideas are things that are very vague but you have different ideas that go with these things.
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