Locke
[lɔk]
Definition
(noun.) English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704).
Editor: Pierre--From WordNet
Examples
- Had Locke those two white moles with hairs on them? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I don't know whether Locke blinked, but I'm sure I am sorry for those who sat opposite to him if he did. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The Withington machine was an improvement on the binding device patented by Locke in 1865. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Mr Locke imputed this high price to the permission of exporting silver bullion, and to the prohibition of exporting silver coin. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He studied the writings of Locke, Hartley, Berkeley, Hume, Helvetius, Condorcet, and Reid, and knew something of German philosophy. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It is exactly the same case with the third argument [Mr. Locke. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Locke's statements fitted well into the dualism of his day. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I read about this time _Locke on the Human Understanding_, and the _Art of Thinking_, by Messrs. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- His manners, she thought, were very dignified; the set of his iron-gray hair and his deep eye-sockets made him resemble the portrait of Locke. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- This kind of distribution of values expressed with nicety the state of opinion in the generations following upon Locke. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I believe the most general and most popular explication of this matter, is to say [See Mr. Locke, chapter of power. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Locke, No. 295,776, March 25, 1884, and comprehends many subsequent improvements patented by Miller, Delaney, North and others. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Mr Locke remarks a distinction between money and other moveable goods. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In its classic form, this theory was expressed by Locke. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The Locke wire binder of 1873 is shown in Fig. 155. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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