Oct 28, 1704
John Locke, the English philosopher widely regarded as the
"Father of Liberalism", died at age 72.
His writings influenced Voltaire（伏尔泰） and Jean-Jacques Rousseau（卢梭）,
and many Scottish Enlightenment thinkers, as well as the American
Revolutionaries. - Wikipedia
Famous quotes
“We are like chameleons, we take
our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us.”
“Parents wonder why the streams
are bitter, when they themselves poison the fountain.”
“What worries you masters you.”
“Few men think, yet all will have
opinions. Hence men’s opinions are superficial and confused.”
“Men being, as has been said, by
nature, all free, equal and independent, no one can be put out of this estate,
and subjected to the political power of another, without his own consent.”
“There are a thousand ways to
Wealth, but only one way to Heaven.”
“No peace and security among
mankind—let alone common friendship—can ever exist as long as people think that
governments get their authority from God and that religion is to be propagated
by force of arms.”
“Whenever law ends, tyranny begins”
Reference
https://www.johnlocke.org/
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/locke/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ33vVts62g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGyygiXMzRk