Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

What does "Idea" represent? ("An Essay Concerning Human Understanding"; Introduction, p. 1)

Which option identifies an implicit meaning one could draw from the excerpt?

Locke questions what an idea is.
Locke is unfamiliar with the term "idea."
Locke feels this term has not been adequately defined.
Locke is uncertain of the relationship between speculative and practical ideas.

Respuesta :

Locke feels this term has not been adequately defined

According to the excerpt, the option that identifies an implicit meaning one could draw from it would be the second one: "Locke is unfamiliar with the term idea".

In the excerpt, Locke is not asking what Idea is nor is he being uncertain about the relationship between speculative and practical ideas. He seems to never heard it before and the exact meaning fades away.

That's why he asks what it represents and not its definition or for someone to repeat the explanation. He just needs an example to clarify the boundaries of the idea's meaning.