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Like every other aspect of Sterne criticism, the question of Sterne’s relationship with the writings of John Locke has been answered or explained in many different ways.
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Loveridge, M. (1982). Sterne and Locke. In: Laurence Sterne and the Argument about Design. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05600-2_6
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