hed ?...W hence has it all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer, in one word, from experience; in that all our knowledge is founded, and from that it ulti- mately derives itself. (1690, vol. 1, bk. 2, sec. 2, emphasis in original) Locke did qualify this statement a bit. He noted that although most of a person’s es from the environment, a person also can learn, in time, by reflecting on his or her own thinking and beliefs (1690, vol. 1, bk. 2, chap. 1). Locke also acknowledged that there are some innate differences among individuals (1693, sec. 1). But on the whole, Locke said, it’s the environment that molds the mind. And the environment’s influence, Locke emphasized, is especially powerful in the child’s early years. This is when the child’s mind is most pliable, when 5
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