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“These two, I say, viz. external material things, as the…” quote by John Locke — Download Open image

“These two, I say, viz. external material things, as the objects of SENSATION, and the operations of our own minds within, as the objects of REFLECTION, are to me the only originals from whence all our ideas take their beginnings.”

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