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Sep 2, 2001 · First published Sun Sep 2, 2001; substantive revision Thu Jul 7, 2022. John Locke (b. 1632, d. 1704) was a British philosopher, Oxford academic and medical researcher. Locke’s monumental An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689) is one of the first great defenses of modern empiricism and concerns itself with determining the limits of ...
Apr 29, 2024 · John Locke’s most famous works are An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689), in which he developed his theory of ideas and his account of the origins of human knowledge in experience, and Two Treatises of Government (first edition published in 1690 but substantially composed before 1683), in which he defended a theory of political authority based on natural individual rights and ...
John Locke. Where there is no property there is no injustice. John Locke. The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good. John Locke. Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing. John Locke.
Dec 1, 2023 · Top 10 Most Famous John Locke Quotes (BEST) “The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.”. John Locke.
Jan 13, 2021 · According to Locke, governments do not exist until people create them. Here are some of the most prominent John Locke social contract quotes and other John Locke lost quotes. 26. “Government has no other end than the preservation of property.” Tyranny is the exercise of power beyond right.” - John Locke. 27.
Locke defines political power in Chapter 1 of the Second Treatise. Locke’s definition summarizes his view of government: The government’s functions are to regulate and preserve property, execute the laws, and defend the commonwealth. The government’s only purpose is the public good. From the word only in this quote, the reader may infer ...
A sound mind in a sound body, is a short but full description of a happy state in this world. He that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little the better for anything else. John Locke: Some Thoughts Concerning Education.
