“Books seem to me to be pestilent things, and infect all that trade in them...with something very perverse and brutal. Printers, binders, sellers, and others that make a trade and gain out of them have universally so odd a turn and corruption of mind that they have a way of dealing peculiar to themselves, and not conformed to the good of society and that general fairness which cements mankind.”
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John Locke
John Locke (August 29, 1632 - October 28, 1704) was an English philosopher, political theorist, and physician, considered one of the most influential figures of the Enlightenment. His ideas have had a profound impact on political philosophy, ethics, and epistemology. more
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