John Locke Quotes About Experience

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

    'An Essay concerning Human Understanding' (1690) bk. 2, ch. 1, sect. 19
  • Let us suppose the mind to be, as we say, white paper, void of all characters, without any ideas; how comes it to be furnished? Whence comes it by that vast store which the busy and boundless fancy of man has painted on it with an almost endless variety? Whence has it all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer, in one word, from experience.

    An Essay Concerning Human Understanding bk. 2, ch. 1, sec. 2 (1690)
  • Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

    John Locke (1824). “The Works of John Locke: Essay concerning human understanding (concluded) Defence of Mr. Locke's opinion concerning personal identity. Of the conduct of the understanding. Some thoughts concerning reading and study for a gentlemen. Elements of natural philosophy. New method of a common-place-book”, p.356
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John Locke

  • Born: August 29, 1632
  • Died: October 28, 1704
  • Occupation: Philosopher