What is Human Understanding? (Blog-post #4)

John Locke wrote about how human understanding works. He wrote that the search for ideas were of better delight than a hunt. He said that pursuing great ideas was just as good as hunting. You could tell that he probably liked hunting...for ideas. Get what I did there? Anyway, he thought that your own experiences lead to our own conclusions on certain things. He tells us in this writing that we should think for ourselves. Because of this, people began thinking for themselves and making their own decisions on what their life should look like. It would lead to people wanting a better government and even to independence in the United States. It does the same thing today. We read more and try to keep up with what's going on around us. We want to be made aware of what goes on in our lives and decide whether we agree or disagree with the state we're in. We think for ourselves and our own experiences and ideas help us to fight for our rights and things we want for ourselves.