John Locke

John Locke on Authority and Tradition

Tradition keeps in ignorance or error more people than all the other [the other sources of error] together… I mean the giving up our assent ... » Go

John Locke on Tradition

The great obstinacy that is to be found in men firmly believing quite contrary opinions, though many times equally absurd, in the various religions of mankind, are ... » Go

John Locke on Revelation and Reason

I do not mean that we must consult reason, and examine whether a proposition revealed from God can be made out by natural principles, and if it ... » Go