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Biography - John Locke:

English philosopher and physician.
Born: 1632 - Died: 1704
Period:
18th century
17th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The necessity of pursuing true Happiness is the foundation of liberty.


Note 

Note




Quote source: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

Internet Archive - An essay concerning human understanding by Locke, John (en) 




Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
La nécessité de rechercher le véritable bonheur est le fondement de notre liberté.

German
Die Nothwendigkeit, das wahre Glück zu suchen, ist die Grundlage der Freiheit.




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Quotes for: happiness


Quotes

Quotes about happiness:


I have decided to be happy because it's good for my health.





Happiness is sometimes hidden in the unknown.





The world of the happy man is a different one from that of the unhappy man.





Happiness is not easily won; it is hard to find it in ourselves and impossible to find it elsewhere.





A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.





Nothing is ever finished ; only a little happiness is needed for everything to begin again.











Quotes for: freedom


Quotes

Quotes about freedom:


One is not born, but rather becomes, free.





There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.





This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.





Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.





People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.





Article I – Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions can be founded only on the common good.











Quotes

Quotes for: necessity


Article XVII – Property being an inviolable and sacred right, no one can be deprived of private usage, if it is not when the public necessity, legally noted, evidently requires it, and under the condition of a just and prior indemnity.





A wise man never refuses anything to necessity.





Necessity delivers us from the embarrassment of choice.





Plurality is never to be posited without necessity.





Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in his never wholly successful attempts to liberate himself from necessity.





Necessity never made a good bargain.











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John Locke also said...


I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.





Virtue is harder to be got than knowledge of the world; and, if lost in a young man, is seldom recovered.





No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.





All men are liable to error and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.





It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.





There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.












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