John Locke1632–1704The quotations of
John Locke
English philosopher and physician
1632–1704
16 quotes, most often on Truth & Lies, Knowledge and Freedom.
A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world.
Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1693), Sec. 1I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689), Book 1, Ch. 3, sec. 3- An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689), Dedicatory epistle, as quoted in
- Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1693), Sec. 70
- Letter to Anthony Collins (29 October 1703)
- An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689), Book IV, Ch. 7, sec. 11
The boundaries of the species, whereby men sort them, are made by men.
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689), Book III, Ch. 6, sec. 37But there is only one thing which gathers people into seditious commotion, and that is oppression.
A Letter Concerning Toleration (1689)- Second Treatise of Government, Ch. VI, sec. 57
- Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1693), Sec. 94
- An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689), Book IV, Ch. 18
- An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689), Book IV, Ch. 19: Of Enthusiasm (Chapter added in the fourth edition).
Freedom of Nature is, to be under no other restraint but the Law of Nature.
Second Treatise of Civil Government (1690), Ch. IV, sec. 22The sooner you treat him as a man, the sooner he will begin to be one.
Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1693), Sec. 95There cannot any one moral Rule be propos’d, whereof a Man may not justly demand a Reason.
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689), Book I, Ch. 3, sec. 4
