The English philosopher and political theorist John Locke (1632-1704) laid much of the groundwork for the Enlightenment and made central contributions to the development of liberalism.
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Locke was trained in medicine and he was a key advocate of the empirical approaches of the Scientific Revolution. It was his political theory of government by the consent of the governed as a means to protect 'life, liberty and estate' that deeply influenced the United States&rsquo; founding documents. His essays on religious tolerance provided an early model for the separation of church and state.
Here are some of the quotes &gt;&gt; A sound mind in a sound body, is a short but full description of a happy state in this world.
&gt;&gt; What worries you, masters you.
&gt;&gt; Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.
&gt;&gt; We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us.
&gt;&gt; All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.
&gt;&gt; I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.
&gt;&gt; Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.
&gt;&gt; No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.
&gt;&gt; The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
&gt;&gt; New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.

The English philosopher and political theorist John Locke (1632-1704) laid much of the groundwork for the Enlightenment and made central contributions to the development of liberalism.

Monday motivation: A look at John Locke's quotes on his birth anniversary

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