What long-standing consensus about human nature did Locke challenge in his Essay Concerning Human Understanding?

A) People are inherently depraved and sinful.
B) Peasants who gain wealth become unruly.
C) Women should engage only in household affairs.
D) Human nature is shaped by education not birth.
E) Progress itself is a general law of nature.


Answer: A

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