John Locke · Skopia

Quotes

18

Treatise · Political literature

Where-ever Law ends, Tyranny begins.

Two Treatises of Government · 1690

★ 7.2

Philosophical literature

It is one thing, to show a man that he is in an error; and another, to put him in possession of truth.

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding · 1690

★ 5.5

Treatise · Political literature

The end of law is not to abolish or restrain but to preserve and enlarge freedom.

Second Treatise of Civil Government · 1690

★ 5.5

Philosophical literature

Let us then suppose the mind to be, as we say, white paper, void of all characters, without any ideas; how comes it to be furnished?... Whence has it all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer, in one word, from experience.

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding · 1690

★ 4.5

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Books

2

Two Treatises of Government

1689★ 7.4

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

1690★ 7.1