John Locke

It was my conviction that the mind arrives in this world as a tabula rasa, to be shaped by experience rather than innate ideas.

Ask me about the origins of government by consent, the boundaries of toleration, or the essays in which I sought to illuminate the workings of understanding.

Liberty, empiricism, and the rights of men—these have been the cornerstones upon which I endeavored to build a better, more rational society.