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Quotation from Second Treatise of Government by John Locke

“And so lunatics and ideots are never set free from the government of their parents”

John Locke

Second Treatise of Government, Ch. VI, §60

Portrait of John Locke

Those who never reach the use of reason remain under guardianship; Locke then quotes Hooker on 'innocents' and 'madmen'.

Citation: "And so lunatics and ideots are never set free from the government of their parents" — John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, Ch. VI, §60. (id second-treatise-of-government-q8)

Portrait: Portrait of John Locke, Godfrey Kneller, Public domain.

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