Lockean
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The American founding asserted that Lockean ideas are universal.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2018
In Deviate, neuroscientist Beau Lotto presents a complete reversal of the Lockean stance.
From Nature • Apr. 18, 2017
“The East Coast view was that America was a Lockean nation, purely modern, based on radically individual and almost selfish rights: your life, your liberty, your property,” he said.
From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2017
When Walter was delving into some Lockean discourse, and Toby—I don’t remember if he fell asleep or dropped all the tobacco out his pipe—but he did something to really confound the philosophical discussion.
From Slate • Mar. 16, 2016
Here he became specific, borrowing from Lockean empiricism his conditions of intellectual assent.
From A Discourse Concerning Ridicule and Irony in Writing (1729) by Collins, Anthony
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