"Many men firmly embrace falsehood for truth; not only because they never thought otherwise, but also because, thus blinded as they have been from the beginning, they never could think otherwise; at least without a vigour of mind able to contest the empire of habit."
Of the Conduct of the Understanding
15 entries in ESTC (1706, 1741, 1753, 1754, 1762, 1763, 1781, 1782, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1798, 1800).<br>
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See John Locke, <u>Posthumous Works of John Locke</u> (London: Printed by W.B. for A. and J. Churchill, 1706). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T148785">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=o0EVAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from <u>Some Thoughts Concerning Education and Of the Conduct of the Understanding</u>, eds. Ruth W. Grant and Nathan Tarcov (Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 1996).