Certainty Quote by Robert Trout

“From this bestial view that the human mind consists of only sense certainty, pleasure and pain, Locke developed an equally bestial theory of the nation. Man originally existed in a State of Nature of complete liberty.”

Robert Trout

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The American Revolution was, in fact, a battle against the philosophy of Locke and the English utilitarians.

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Were you to read the British press today, you would learn that the British Empire never forgets its defeats.

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