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John Locke's empiricism and education as conduct
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European education in the 17th and 18th centuries > Education in 18th-century Europe > Education during the Enlightenment > John Locke's empiricism and education as conduct
The writings of the late 17th-century empiricist John Locke on philosophy, government, and education were especially influential during the Enlightenment. For education, Locke is significant both for his general theory of knowledge and for his ideas on the education of youth. Locke's empiricism, expressed in his notion that ideas originate in experience, was used…
