So that, in effect, religion, which should most distinguish… - John Locke

" "
So that, in effect, religion, which should most distinguish us from beasts, and ought most peculiarly to elevate us, as rational creatures, above brutes, is that wherein men often appear most irrational, and more senseless than beasts themselves.

John Locke

money

English

Collect this quote

About John Locke

John Locke (29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) was an influential English philosopher and social contract theorist. He developed an alternative to the Hobbesian state of nature and asserted a government could be good only if it received the consent of the governed and protected the natural rights of life, liberty, and estate. If such a consent was not achieved, Locke argued in favour of a right of rebellion, which he referred to as an "appeal to heaven".

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Alternative Names: Locke

All quotes from John Locke Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like John Locke:

Edmund Burke Thomas Paine William Godwin Thomas Hobbes John Stuart Mill

Additional quotes by John Locke

Hence it is a mistake to think, that the supreme or legislative power of any common-wealth, can do what it will, and dispose of the estates of the subject arbitrarily, or take any part of them at pleasure.

though men had a right to appropriate, by their labour, each one to himself, as much of
the things of nature as he could use:

The reservedness and distance that fathers keep, often deprive their sons of that refuge which would be of more advantage to them than an hundred rebukes or chidings.

So that, in effect, religion, which should most distinguish us from beasts, and ought most peculiarly to elevate us, as rational creatures, above bru… - John Locke

About John Locke

Also Known As

Unlimited Quote Collections

Additional quotes by John Locke

Try QuoteGPT