John Locke Quotes about Wisdom

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Any single man must judge for himself whether circumstances warrant obedience or resistance to the commands of the civil magistrate; we are all qualified, entitled, and morally obliged to evaluate the conduct of our

Any single man must judge for himself whether circumstances warrant obedience or resistance to the commands of the civil magistrate; we are all qualified, entitled, and morally obliged to evaluate the conduct of our rulers. This political judgment, moreover, is not simply or primarily a right, but like self-preservation, a duty to God. As such it is a judgment that men cannot part with according to the God of Nature. It is the first and foremost of our inalienable rights without which we can preserve no other.

John Locke

Wisdom, Gun, Men

The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.

John Locke

Education, Wisdom, Philosophical

Some Thoughts Concerning Education sec. 88 (1693)

He that in the ordinary affairs of life would admit of nothing but direct plain demonstration would be sure of nothing in this world but of perishing quickly.

John Locke

Wisdom, Intelligence, Ordinary

John Locke (1828). “An essay concerning human understanding ... The twentieth edition, etc”, p.461

John Locke Quotes about Wisdom

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