“Children have as much mind to shew that they are free,”

— John Locke, book Some Thoughts Concerning Education

Sec. 73
Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1693)
Context: Children have as much mind to shew that they are free, that their own good actions come from themselves, that they are absolute and independent, as any of the proudest of you grown men, think of them as you please.

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English philosopher and physician 1632–1704

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