"General assent the great argument."
This is known as mankind having certain principles of speculative and practical when born.
"....the souls of men receive in their first beings, and which they bring into this world with them...."
What this argument says is that man is born with certain principles that allows them to know some type of truth. Locke argues that if this is known to be true, then it has to be innate, but how can man prove that such principles are innate?. Locke argues that in order to prove such a thing, man has to have reason with in it. Reason to Locke is something learned, and therefore if man goes through reason to prove such principles, then these principles are not innate.
I disagree with Locke, i do believe in this universal consent. Man has to be born with some type of reasoning and principles. There are some truth that the human mind has a clear understanding of without it being perceived. It's something that is just understood by the mind.
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I would agree with Locke than all mankind is born with even a microbe of reasoning and principles. It comes from basic understandings of your surroundings, usually being right after you are born, that, not everything is at it seems, and not everything is accessible to you.
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