Virtue is harder to be got, than a Knowledge of the World; and, if lost in a young Man, is seldom recover'd.

John Locke

Some Thoughts Concerning Education

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Formation of character

Author

John Locke

Source

Some Thoughts Concerning Education

Medium

Treatise

Genre

Political literature Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1693 1690s 17th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

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Original Citation

Locke, John. Some Thoughts Concerning Education. London: A. and J. Churchill, 1693, sect. 70.

Current Citation

Locke, John. "Some Thoughts Concerning Education." Some Thoughts Concerning Education and of the Conduct of the Understanding, edited by Ruth W. Grant and Nathan Tarcov. Hackett Publishing Company, 1996, sect. 70.

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Locke, John, [published anonymously]. "Second Treatise of Government." Two Treatises of Government. London: Awnsham Churchill, 1690, ch. 6, sect. 57.

Current Citation

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Look round the habitable world! how few
Know their own good; or knowing it, pursue.

John Dryden

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Juvenal

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John Dryden
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Satire 10 The Satyrs of Decimus Junius Juvenalis
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Dryden, John, translator. "The Tenth Satyr of Juvenal." The Satyrs of Decimus Junius Juvenalis, written by Juvenal. London: Jacob Tonson, 1693, l. 1.

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Dryden, John. "The Tenth Satire of Juvenal." The Major Works, edited by Keith Walker. Oxford UP, 2003, l. 1.