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Full Idea
Locke has no patience with scepticism.
Gist of Idea
Locke has no patience with scepticism
Source
report of John Locke (Essay Conc Human Understanding (2nd Ed) [1694]) by Howard Robinson - Perception 1.4
Book Ref
Robinson,Howard: 'Perception' [Routledge 2001], p.13
A Reaction
Neither did Hume, and Aristotle laughs at extreme scepticism, and it never really bothers Plato. It could be argued that Descartes just regards it as a strategy for getting at foundations, rather than being something that kept him awake at night.