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I pretend not to teach, but to inquire.

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John Locke
Age: 72 †
Born: 1632
Born: August 29
Died: 1704
Died: October 28
Philosopher
Physician
Politician
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I find every sect, as far as reason will help them, make use of it gladly: and where it fails them, they cry out, It is a matter of faith, and above reason.
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Let not men think there is no truth, but in the sciences that they study, or the books that they read.
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The least and most imperceptible impressions received in our infancy have consequences very important and of long duration.
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He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son.
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Understanding like the eye whilst it makes us see and perceive all things, takes no notice of itself and it requires art and pains to set it at a distance and make it its own subject.
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Men in great place are thrice servants servants of the sovereign state, servants of fame, and servants of business so as they have no freedom, neither in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.
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The difference, so observable in men's understandings and parts, does not arise so much from their natural faculties, as acquired habits.
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