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John Locke
Age: 72 †
Born: 1632
Born: August 29
Died: 1704
Died: October 28
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A king is a mortal god on earth, unto whom the living God hath lent his own name as a great honour but withal told him, he should die like a man, lest he should be proud, and flatter himself that God hath with his name imparted unto him his nature also.
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Firmness or stiffness of the mind is not from adherence to truth, but submission to prejudice.
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There is not so contemptible a plant or animal that does not confound the most enlarged understanding.
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The chief art of learning is to attempt but a little at a time.
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He that would seriously set upon the search of truth, ought in the first place to prepare his mind with a love of it. For he that loves it not, will not take much pains to get it nor be much concerned when he misses it.
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To ask at what time a man has first any ideas is to ask when he begins to perceive having ideas and perception being the same thing.
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If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
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Not time is the measure of movement but: ...each constant periodic appearance of ideas.
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Consciousness is the perception of what passes in man's own mind.
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False and doubtful positions, relied upon as unquestionable maxims, keep those who build on them in the dark from truth. Such are usually the prejudices imbibed from education, party, reverence, fashion, interest, et cetera.
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Who lies for you will lie against you.
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Logic is the anatomy of thought.
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This is to think, that men are so foolish, that they take care to avoid what mischiefs may be done them by pole-cats, or foxes but are content, nay, think it safety, to be devoured by lions.
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Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal father of light, and fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion of truth which he has laid within the reach of their natural faculties: revelation is natural reason enlarged by a new set of discoveries communicated by God. . . .
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If the innocent honest Man must quietly quit all he has for Peace sake, to him who will lay violent hands upon it, I desire it may be considered what kind of Peace there will be in the World, which consists only in Violence and Rapine and which is to be maintained only for the benefit of Robbers and Oppressors.
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I have no reason to suppose that he, who would take away my Liberty, would not when he had me in his Power, take away everything else.
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The only thing we are naturally afraid of is pain, or loss of pleasure. And because these are not annexed to any shape, colour, or size of visible objects, we are frighted of none of them, till either we have felt pain from them, or have notions put into us that they will do us harm.
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With books we stand on the shoulders of giants.
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It is practice alone that brings the powers of the mind, as well as those of the body, to their perfection.
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Children have as much mind to show that they are free, that their own good actions come from themselves, that they are absolute and independent, as any of the proudest of you grown men, think of them as you please.
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