83 ordspråk av John Locke
John Locke
John Locke föddes den
29 augustus 1632 och dog den 28 oktober
1704 - who made great contributions in studies of politics, government and psychology.
Mer info via Google eller Bing. 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
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Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.
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Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.
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Habits wear more constantly and with greatest force than reason, which, when we have most need of it, is seldom fairly consulted, and more rarely obeyed
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He that judges without informing himself to the utmost that he is capable, cannot acquit himself of judging amiss
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I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule of conversing with all descriptions of men on those topics that form their own peculiar professions and pursuits
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I find every sect, as far as reason will help them, make use of it gladly; and where it fails them, they cry out, It is a matter of faith, and above reason
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I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.
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I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment.
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If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender
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If we will disbelieve everything, because we cannot certainly know all things, we shall do much what as wisely as he who would not use his legs, but sit still and perish, because he had no wings to fly.
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It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach.
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It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.
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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
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It is so vital to everybody who has a stake in the downtown. It is vital to anyone who lives here. It is going to put us on the map.
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