"Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding."
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Quotes by John Locke
John Locke, born in 1632 in England, was a pivotal philosopher whose ideas laid the foundation for modern democratic thought and individual rights. As a key figure in the Enlightenment, Locke's writings on government, knowledge, and human understanding significantly influenced political theory, particularly his concept of the social contract and natural rights. His seminal works, like "Two Treatises of Government," argue for the protection of life, liberty, and property, establishing him as a champion of liberalism and leaving an enduring legacy that resonates in contemporary political discourse.
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"Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing."
John Locke
"Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip."
John Locke"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."
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"The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author; salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure."
John Locke"All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions."
John Locke"Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours."
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"The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others."
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"Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him."
John Locke"Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state."
John Locke