A NEW METHOD OF MAKING COMMONPLACE BOOKS BY JOHN LOCKE and BELL'S COMMONPLACE BOOK, FOR THE POCKET; Form'd generally upon the Principles Recommended and Practiced by Mr. Locke. PRINTED FOR JOHN BELL. Annotated.

Kick start your commonplace book, journal, diary, notebook with this helpful guide, where you will learn how to index your notes, quotes, thoughts with John Locke and John Bell's original methods.

This is an annotated version of two small books about how to compile commonplace books and how to index your notes written by John Locke and John Bell, who revised Locke's method. In this edition the text has been rewritten in modern English, diagrams, suggestions, explanations and vintage handwritten samples have been added.

A commonplace book is a personal anthology—a collection of quotes, passages, reflections, and insights gathered from various readings or experiences that resonate with you. It's a repository of wisdom and insight, where you can collect fragments of literature, philosophy, science, or poetry with your own interpretations and observations.

This practice can enrich your intellectual life, promoting critical thinking, and creating a resource of personalized knowledge that can be revisited over time.

It's the best tool to enrich your mind and spirit.