Affectation is an awkward and forced imitation of what should be genuine and easy, wanting the Beauty that accompanies what is natural. - John Locke

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Affectation is an awkward and forced imitation of what should be genuine and easy, wanting the Beauty that accompanies what is natural.

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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".

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The native and untaught suggestions of inquisitive children do often offer things, that may set a considering man's thoughts on work. And I think there is frequently more to be learn'd from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men, who talk in a road, according to the notions they have borrowed, and the prejudices of their education.

Sólo la luz y la evidencia pueden producir un cambio en las opiniones de los hombres; y esa luz no puede provenir en manera alguna de los sufrimientos corporales o cualquier otra forma externa de sanciones.

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