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Quotation from Second Treatise of Government by John Locke
“Thus we are born free, as we are born rational; not that we have actually the exercise of either: age, that brings one, brings with it the other too”
Second Treatise of Government, Ch. VI, §61
Freedom and reason develop together in the child, so parental authority is temporary.
Citation: "Thus we are born free, as we are born rational; not that we have actually the exercise of either: age, that brings one, brings with it the other too" — John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, Ch. VI, §61. (id second-treatise-of-government-q9)
Portrait: Portrait of John Locke, Godfrey Kneller, Public domain.
