Harold J. Laski: “Locke is, in fact, the first of English thinkers the basis of whose…”

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Locke is, in fact, the first of English thinkers the basis of whose argument is mainly secular.

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Harold J. Laski

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Laski claims that Locke is the first English thinker to base his arguments primarily on secular reasoning.

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Harold J. Laski: “Locke is, in fact, the first of English thinkers the basis of whose argument is mainly secular.”