OK, I’m going to admit I’ve been pretty impressed with John Locke so far in his treatise On Education. Most philosophers I’ve read take a bit to understand. Since philosophy is essentially the systematic thought about the subject, there is a fundamental need to define terms so that there is less chance of misunderstanding. The search for clarity in speaking often ends up sounding more dense, and can require some getting used to.
Locke writes in a common sense way about the problems he sees in education and in his proposals for how to address them. I started out suspicious of him, but over three-quarters of the way through now, I really like him. I’m not interested in reading more of what he has to say.  I know he has several treatises on government, and an essay on toleration, and another on human understanding that are supposed to have been instrumental in our founding fathers’ thinking on human rights and the foundation of our government. When I get the chance, I’m going to invest some time in those.