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It is more instructive to compare his work with Hobbes and Rousseau than with later thinkers; for after Hume English speculation works in a medium Locke would not have understood.
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Harold J. Laski
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Laski emphasizes the importance of comparing Locke's work with earlier thinkers like Hobbes and Rousseau.
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