The only fences against the world are a thorough knowledge of it, into which a man should be entered by degrees as he can bear it; and a perfect ignorance of it, which is a state of innocence.
Empiricism, natural rights
The only fences against the world are a thorough knowledge of it, into which a man should be entered by degrees as he can bear it; and a perfect ignorance of it, which is a state of innocence.
Empiricism, natural rights
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"Whatsoever then he removes out of the state that nature hath provided, and left it in, he hath mixed his labour with, and joined to it something that is his own, and thereby makes it his property."
Humorous"A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this World."
Strange & Unusual"The study of the original of our own ideas is, I confess, a dry and barren speculation."
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