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All quotes Children Freedom Liberty Lying Mankind Property Science more... The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom. John Locke (1821). “Two treatises of government”, p.234.
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Book, Giants, Language. 23 Copy quote. Where there is no law there is no freedom. John Locke. Freedom, Law, Liberty. John Locke (1821). “Two treatises of government”, p.234. 43 Copy quote. It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.
John Locke (1821). “Two treatises of government”, p.191 Whenever legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any further obedience.
Nov 16, 2015 · Locke On Freedom. First published Mon Nov 16, 2015; substantive revision Tue Jan 21, 2020. John Locke’s views on the nature of freedom of action and freedom of will have played an influential role in the philosophy of action and in moral psychology. Locke offers distinctive accounts of action and forbearance, of will and willing, of voluntary ...
- “Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.” ― John Locke.
- “I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.” ― John Locke.
- “New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not common.” ― John Locke.
- “The only defense against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.” ― John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education.
In the last paragraph of the Second Treatise, Locke reaffirms the right of the people to “act as supreme” and choose their own form of government. Locke gives the people power to redress “miscarriages of those in authority” by removing from such authorities the right to govern. Locke specifically refers here to legislative power, or the ...
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Dec 16, 2019 · Quote John Locke on the rights to life, liberty, and property of ourselves and others (1689) Found in: The Two Treatises of Civil Government (Hollis ed.) John Locke (1632-1704) argued that the law of nature obliged all human beings not to harm “the life, the liberty, health, limb, or goods of another”:
