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Some Thoughts Concerning Education

by John Locke

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First published: 1693
Pages: 165

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Written as a series of letters to a friend about raising his son, John Locke's 1693 treatise became one of the most influential works on education in the English language. Locke argues that a child's mind arrives nearly blank and that character is built through habit, example, and steady practice rather than rote memorization or harsh punishment. He offers frank, practical advice on physical health, discipline, curiosity, manners, and the cultivation of virtue and reason, holding that a sound body and a well-formed will matter more than crammed book learning. His thinking shaped Enlightenment ideas about childhood and still echoes in modern debates about how we teach. This free PDF and EPUB edition makes the complete text easy to read.

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John Locke

The Two Treatises of Government appeared anonymously in 1689, and Locke denied authorship until his will. The first demolishes Robert Filmer's claim that kings inherit their authority from Adam; the second builds government on consent instead, on natural rights to life, liberty and property, and on the right of a people to remove a ruler who breaks the trust...