What John Locke thinks about friendship
English philosopher (1632 to 1704); Oxford academic and medical researcher; author of An Essay Concerning Human Understanding and the Second Treatise of Government.
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1 dated position, c. 1689, in their own words. Our reading of what John Locke has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsNo peace and security, no, not so much as common friendship, can ever be established or preserved amongst men so long as this opinion prevails, that dominion is founded in grace and that religion is to be propagated by force of arms.
↗A Letter Concerning Toleration (1689; English translation attributed to William Popple)en.wikisource.org All 21 from this book