Quote of John Locke - There is frequently more to be...
Biography - John Locke:
English philosopher and physician.
Born: 1632 - Died: 1704
Period:
18th century
17th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
Born: 1632 - Died: 1704
Period:
18th century
17th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.
Translation
(French, German)
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Quotes for: to learn
What experience and history teach is this — that people and governments never have learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it.
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
Quotes for: question
Quotes for: child
If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
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