▁in ▁D . E . ▁Fa ulk ner - J ones ' ▁The ▁English ▁Spirit . ▁ ▁The ▁sem inal ▁ideas ▁came ▁from ▁Francis ▁Ba con ▁regarding ▁scientific ▁method ▁and ▁from ▁John ▁Lock e ▁regarding ▁the ▁ideas ▁of ▁self - cons cious ness ▁and ▁mind . ▁Lock e ▁set ▁up ▁a ▁relationship ▁between ▁mind ▁( subject ) ▁and ▁outer ▁world ▁( object ) ▁where in ▁the ▁mind ▁is ▁set ▁in ▁motion ▁by ▁objects ▁producing ▁sens ations ▁but ▁also ▁has ▁an ▁internal ▁activity ▁of ▁its ▁own ▁( ref lection ) ▁that ▁acts ▁on ▁the ▁sens ations ▁to ▁create ▁per ception ▁and ▁conception s . ▁For ▁Lock e , ▁the ▁activity ▁of ▁mind ▁is ▁param ount , ▁as ▁for ▁Ba con , ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁only ▁through ▁the ▁activity ▁of ▁mind ▁( cons cious ness ) ▁that ▁the ▁outer ▁world ▁can ▁be ▁‘ real ized ’ ▁as ▁caus ative ▁and ▁as ▁actual . ▁Identity ▁for ▁Lock e ▁lay ▁in ▁the ▁capacity ▁for ▁the ▁‘ I ’ ▁( cons cious ness ) ▁to ▁un ite ▁dispar ate ▁‘ de eds ’ ▁or ▁actions ▁of ▁nature ▁( as ▁cogn ized ▁by ▁the ▁mind ), ▁into ▁a ▁meaning ful ▁unity . ▁For ▁Lock e , ▁identity ▁of ▁self ▁exists ▁in ▁nothing ▁other ▁than ▁participation ▁in ▁life ▁( the ▁ ether ic ) ▁by ▁means ▁of ▁fl uct u ating ▁particles ▁of ▁matter ▁rendered ▁meaning ful ▁and ▁real ▁by ▁acts ▁of ▁the ▁mind ▁and ▁conscious ness . ▁The ▁Rom antics , ▁as ▁Lock e , ▁refused ▁to ▁accept ▁the