Locke considers the perspective of a skeptic, who will "distrust his senses . . . and affirm that all we see and hear, feel and taste, think and do, during our whole being, is but the series and deluding appearances of a long dream whereof there is no reality. . . ." How does Locke respond to the skeptic? Is his response to the skeptic compelling? Why or why not?

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Locke Considers the Perspective of a Skeptic, Who Will "Distrust