Necessity is the mother of invention.

Richard Franck

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Invention Creativity

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Richard Franck

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English

Time

1694 1690s 17th century

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Franck, Richard. Northern Memoirs: Calculated for the Meridian of Scotland. London: Henry Mortclock, 1694.

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Another quote from the 1690s

Let us then suppose the mind to be, as we say, white paper, void of all characters, without any ideas; how comes it to be furnished?... Whence has it all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer, in one word, from experience.

John Locke

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

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Epistemology

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John Locke
Source
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
English
Time
1690 1690s 17th century
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Original Citation

Locke, John. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. London: Thomas Basset, 1690, bk. 2, ch. 1.

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Locke, John. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, edited by Pauline Phemister. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 2, ch. 1.

Another quote about Creativity

The true creator is necessity, who is the mother of our invention.

Socrates

Quoted in Republic, by Plato

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Creativity Innovation Invention
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Socrates

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Plato
Source
Republic
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Philosophical dialogue Dialogue
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
375 BC 370s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.