# John Locke: Hermeneutics and Labor

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/john-locke-hermeneutics-and-labor>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** April 11, 2018

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George H. Smith explains Locke’s ideas on how we should interpret a philosophic text, and the relationship between labor and private property.

George H. Smith explains Locke’s ideas about how we should interpret a philosophic text, and the relationship between labor and private property.

[Originally published in essay form on October 23, 2015.](https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/john-locke-hermeneutics-labor)