ETYM Old Eng. bocle buckle, boss of a shield, Old Fren. bocle, French boucle, boss of a shield, ring, from Latin buccula a little cheek or mouth, dim. of bucca cheek; this boss or knob resembling a cheek.
Fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong.

ETYM Akin to Dutch krul, Dan. krölle. Related to Curl.
1. A ringlet, especially of hair; anything of a spiral or winding form.
2. An undulating or waving line or streak in any substance, as wood, glass, etc.; flexure; sinuosity.

ETYM Old Eng. tresse, Old Fren. trece, French tresse, Late Lat. tricia, from Greek tricha threefold, because a tress is usually formed by interlacing three pieces; akin to treis three. Related to Three.
1. A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.
2. (Figurative) A knot or festoon, as of flowers.

(1632-1704) British philosopher who founded the scientific principle of determinism.
English philosopher. His Essay concerning Human Understanding 1690 maintained that experience was the only source of knowledge (empiricism), and that “we can have
knowledge no farther than we have ideas” prompted by such experience. Two Treatises on Government 1690 helped to form contemporary ideas of liberal democracy.
For Locke, the physical universe was a mechanical system of material bodies, composed of corpuscules, or “invisible particles”. He believed that at birth the mind was a blank, and that all ideas came from sense impressions.
His Two Treatises on Government supplied the classical statement of Whig theory and enjoyed great influence in America and France. It supposed that governments derive their authority from popular consent (regarded as a “contract”), so that a government may be rightly overthrown if it infringes such fundamental rights of the people as religious freedom.
Locke was born in Somerset and studied at Oxford. He practiced medicine, and in 1667 became secretary to the Earl of Shaftesbury. He consequently fell under suspicion as a Whig and in 1683 fled to Holland, where he lived until the 1688 revolution brought William of Orange to the English throne. In later life he published many works on philosophy, politics, theology, and economics; these include Letters on Toleration 1689–92 and Some Thoughts concerning Education 1693. + prikaži više