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John Locke

English philosopher and physician

1632–1704

16 quotes, most often on Truth & Lies, Knowledge and Freedom.

To love truth for truth’s sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues.
Letter to Anthony Collins (29 October 1703)
- Truth & Lies
- Virtue
It is one thing to show a man that he is in error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689), Book IV, Ch. 7, sec. 11
- Truth & Lies
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.
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689), Book IV, Ch. 19: Of Enthusiasm (Chapter added in the fourth edition).
- Truth & Lies

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