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«It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of truth»
Author: John Locke
(Philosopher)
«Till a man can judge whether they be truths or not, his understanding is but little improved, and thus men of much reading, though greatly learned, but may be little knowing.»
«There being nothing more evident than that creatures of the same species should be equal amongst one another without subordination or subjection»
Author: John Locke
(Philosopher)
| Keywords:
evident, one species, species, subjection, subordination
«Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins whereby all mankind are set on work, and guided»
«Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.»
«He that judges without informing himself to the utmost that he is capable, cannot acquit himself of judging amiss»
«An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards.»
Author: John Locke
(Philosopher)
| Keywords:
balance beam, beams, downwards, invariable, metal, precious metal, precious metals, upwards, varying
«We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.»
«One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant.»
Author: John Locke
(Philosopher)
| Keywords:
entertaining, proofs, proposition, unerring, warrant, warranted, warrants
«The discipline of desire is the background of character.»
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