John Locke

Philosopher and physician John Locke was born in Wrington, Somerset, England on this day in 1632.

"The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings, capable of laws, where there is no law there is no freedom."

--John Locke from "Second Treatise of Government" (1689)

This volume includes the major works of the British Empiricists, philosophers who sought to derive all knowledge from experience.