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

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About John Locke

John Locke was an English philosopher and political thinker of the Enlightenment. He is widely known for An Essay Concerning Human Understanding and Two Treatises of Government, works that shaped empiricism and liberal political theory.

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