What John Locke thinks about humility

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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. 24 May 1689

   Our readingOur task is not to know everything, but to know what concerns our conduct

   Their wordsOur business here is not to know all things, but those which concern our conduct.

   ↗An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690)gutenberg.org All 6 from this book