John Locke

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Enlightenment thinker empiricist philosopher human philosopher political philosopher

John Locke was a 17th-century English philosopher whose ideas on natural rights, government by consent, and the social contract became foundational to modern liberal political thought.

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empiricist philosopher ⓘ
human ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
political philosopher ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1632-08-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1704-10-28 ⓘ
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ
Westminster School ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
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fieldOfWork education theory ⓘ
epistemology ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
religious philosophy ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
influenced Bill of Rights ⓘ
surface form: Bill of Rights (United States)

Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
James Madison ⓘ
Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
United States Constitution ⓘ
American Declaration of Independence ⓘ
surface form: United States Declaration of Independence

Voltaire ⓘ
liberal political thought ⓘ
influencedBy Isaac Newton ⓘ
René Descartes ⓘ
Robert Boyle ⓘ
Thomas Hobbes ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mainInterest government by consent ⓘ
natural rights ⓘ
religious toleration ⓘ
social contract ⓘ
theory of knowledge ⓘ
movement classical liberalism ⓘ
empiricism ⓘ
liberalism ⓘ
social contract theory ⓘ
notableIdea labor theory of property ⓘ
right of revolution ⓘ
separation of powers (influence) ⓘ
tabula rasa ⓘ
notableWork A Letter Concerning Toleration ⓘ
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding ⓘ
Some Thoughts Concerning Education ⓘ
The Reasonableness of Christianity ⓘ
Two Treatises of Government ⓘ
placeOfBirth England ⓘ
Somerset ⓘ
Wrington ⓘ
placeOfDeath England ⓘ
Essex ⓘ
High Laver ⓘ
positionHeld physician ⓘ
secretary to Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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