---
title: "3 Compounds Quotes By John Locke"
description: "3 Compounds quotes by John Locke. Plus more from John Locke and more Compounds sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/620/john-locke-814_abstract_brutes-abstract-not-if-it-may-be-doubted_1038257.jpg"
---

> [Brutes abstract not. -- If it may be doubted, whether beasts compound and enlarge their ideas, that way, to any degree; this,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/brutes-abstract-not-if-it-may-be-doubted-whether-beasts-compound-and/)

[John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/620/john-locke-814_abstract_brutes-abstract-not-if-it-may-be-doubted_1038257.jpg)

> [For those who either perceive but dully, or retain the ideas that come into their minds but ill, who cannot readily excite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/for-those-who-either-perceive-but-dully-or-retain-the-ideas-that-come/)

[John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d4/john-locke-814_compounds_for-those-who-either-perceive-but-dully_2215359.jpg)

> [The acts of the mind, wherein it exerts its power over simple ideas, are chiefly these three: 1. Combining several simple ideas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/the-acts-of-the-mind-wherein-it-exerts-its-power-over-simple-ideas-2/)

[John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bf/john-locke-814_abstraction_the-acts-of-the-mind-wherein-it-exerts-i_3087936.png)

## Other authors on Compounds

## More by John Locke

> [I thought that I had no time for faith nor time to pray, then I saw an armless man saying his Rosary with his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/i-thought-that-i-had-no-time-for-faith-nor-time-to-pray-then-i-saw-an/)

[John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/)

> [I pretend not to teach, but to inquire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/i-pretend-not-to-teach-but-to-inquire/)

[John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/)

> [If we trace the progress of our minds, and with attention observe how it repeats, adds together, and unites its simple ideas received from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/if-we-trace-the-progress-of-our-minds-and-with-attention-observe-how/)

[John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/)

> [Thus parents, by humouring and cockering them when little, corrupt the principles of nature in their children, and wonder afterwards to taste the bitter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/thus-parents-by-humouring-and-cockering-them-when-little-corrupt-the/)

[John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/)

> [ “\[M\]an is not permitted without censure to follow his own thoughts in the search of truth, when they lead him ever so little out… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/m-an-is-not-permitted-without-censure-to-follow-his-own-thoughts-in/)

[John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/)

> [Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/fashion-for-the-most-part-is-nothing-but-the-ostentation-of-riches/)

[John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/)

> [When we know our own strength, we shall the better know what to undertake with hopes of success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/when-we-know-our-own-strength-we-shall-the-better-know-what-to/)

[John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/)

> [Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/every-man-has-a-property-in-his-own-person-this-nobody-has-a-right-to/)

[John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/)

> [“Earthly minds, like mud-walls, resist the strongest batteries: And though perhaps sometimes the force of a clear argument may make some impression, yet they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/earthly-minds-like-mud-walls-resist-the-strongest-batteries-and/)

[John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/)

> [“To avoid this state of war (wherein there is no appeal but to heaven, and wherein every the least difference is apt to end,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/to-avoid-this-state-of-war-wherein-there-is-no-appeal-but-to-heaven/)

[John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/)

> [If by gaining knowledge we destroy our health, we labour for a thing that will be useless in our hands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/if-by-gaining-knowledge-we-destroy-our-health-we-labour-for-a-thing/)

[John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/)

> [“don’t let the things you don’t have prevent you from using the things you do have.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/don-t-let-the-things-you-don-t-have-prevent-you-from-using-the-things/)

[John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/)

> [Power to do good is the true and lawful act of aspiring; for good thoughts (though God accept them), yet towards men are little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/power-to-do-good-is-the-true-and-lawful-act-of-aspiring-for-good/)

[John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/)

> [The body of People may with Respect resist intolerable Tyranny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/the-body-of-people-may-with-respect-resist-intolerable-tyranny/)

[John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/)

> [Anger is uneasiness or discomposure of the mind upon the receipt of any injury, with a present purpose of revenge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/anger-is-uneasiness-or-discomposure-of-the-mind-upon-the-receipt-of/)

[John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compounds/john-locke/#itemlist",
            "name": "3 Compounds Quotes By John Locke",
            "numberOfItems": 3,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Brutes abstract not. -- If it may be doubted, whether beasts compound and enlarge their ideas, that way, to any degree; this, I think, I may be positive in, that the power of abstracting is not at all in them; and that the having of general ideas is that which puts a perfect distinction betwixt man and brutes, and is an excellency which the faculties of brutes do by no means attain to.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "John Locke"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/brutes-abstract-not-if-it-may-be-doubted-whether-beasts-compound-and/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/620/john-locke-814_abstract_brutes-abstract-not-if-it-may-be-doubted_1038257.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/620/john-locke-814_abstract_brutes-abstract-not-if-it-may-be-doubted_1038257.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/620/john-locke-814_abstract_brutes-abstract-not-if-it-may-be-doubted_1038257.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Brutes abstract not. -- If it may be doubted, whether beasts compound and enlarge their ideas, that way, to…” — John Locke",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "For those who either perceive but dully, or retain the ideas that come into their minds but ill, who cannot readily excite or compound them, will have little matter to think on.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "John Locke"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/for-those-who-either-perceive-but-dully-or-retain-the-ideas-that-come/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d4/john-locke-814_compounds_for-those-who-either-perceive-but-dully_2215359.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d4/john-locke-814_compounds_for-those-who-either-perceive-but-dully_2215359.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d4/john-locke-814_compounds_for-those-who-either-perceive-but-dully_2215359.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“For those who either perceive but dully, or retain the ideas that come into their minds but ill, who cannot…” — John Locke",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "The acts of the mind, wherein it exerts its power over simple ideas, are chiefly these three: 1. Combining several simple ideas into one compound one, and thus all complex ideas are made. 2. The second is bringing two ideas, whether simple or complex, together, and setting them by one another so as to take a view of them at once, without uniting them into one, by which it gets all its ideas of relations. 3. The third is separating them from all other ideas that accompany them in their real existence: this is called abstraction, and thus all its general ideas are made.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "John Locke"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/the-acts-of-the-mind-wherein-it-exerts-its-power-over-simple-ideas-2/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bf/john-locke-814_abstraction_the-acts-of-the-mind-wherein-it-exerts-i_3087936.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bf/john-locke-814_abstraction_the-acts-of-the-mind-wherein-it-exerts-i_3087936.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bf/john-locke-814_abstraction_the-acts-of-the-mind-wherein-it-exerts-i_3087936.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“The acts of the mind, wherein it exerts its power over simple ideas, are chiefly these three: 1. Combining…” — John Locke",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compounds/john-locke/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compounds/john-locke/",
            "name": "Compounds Quotes by John Locke",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compounds/john-locke/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/620/john-locke-814_abstract_brutes-abstract-not-if-it-may-be-doubted_1038257.jpg"
            },
            "description": "3 Compounds quotes by John Locke. Plus more from John Locke and more Compounds sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compounds/john-locke/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compounds/john-locke/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Compounds",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compounds/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "John Locke",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compounds/john-locke/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```