Indexing
Notebooks
The "Methode Nouvelle" of Indexing
Locke's innovative "New Method" to index the commonplace book entries with minimal waste of paper is concise and flexible, as it enables you to build an expandable index.
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John Locke (1632-1704)
Scholars regarded John Locke as the "Master Note-taker"
"Locke's methodical note-taking pervaded most areas of his life."
Locke argued that a notebook should work like a “chest-of-drawers” for organizing information, which would be a "great help to the memory and means to avoid confusion in our thoughts
Locke kept several notebooks and commonplace books, which he organized according to topic.
The art of Keywords!
" While at first glance the driest part of the book, on closer inspection the Index may provide both interest and amusemenet from time to time "
- Robert L. Collison, Book Collection, London