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John Locke


Born
in Wrington, Somerset, England
August 29, 1632

Died
October 28, 1704

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Genre
Philosophy, Politics, Science

Influences
René Descartes, Thomas Hobbes, Robert Filmer ...more


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John Locke was an English philosopher. He is considered the first of the British Empiricists, but is equally important to social contract theory. His ideas had enormous influence on the development of epistemology and political philosophy, and he is widely regarded as one of the most influential Enlightenment thinkers and contributors to liberal theory. His writings influenced Voltaire and Rousseau, many Scottish Enlightenment thinkers, as well as the American revolutionaries. This influence is reflected in the American Declaration of Independence.

Locke's theory of mind is often cited as the origin for modern conceptions of identity and "the self", figur ...more

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Second Treatise of Government
3.78 avg rating — 22,380 ratings — published 1689 — 693 editions
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Two Treatises of Government
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An Essay Concerning Human U...
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A Letter Concerning Toleration
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The Second Treatise of Gove...
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Locke: Political Writings
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Some Thoughts Concerning Ed...
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Of the Abuse of Words
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You Never Forget Your First
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“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.”
― John Locke
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“I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.”
― John Locke
tags: actions, interpretation
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“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not common.”
― John Locke
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