John Locke - Wikipedia
WEBJohn Locke (/ l ɒ k /; 29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism".
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WEBApr 29, 2024 · John Locke was an English philosopher and political theorist who was born in 1632 in Wrington, Somerset, England, and died in 1704 in High Laver, Essex. He is recognized as the founder of British empiricism and the author of the first systematic exposition and defense of political liberalism .
2024 Essay Competition | John Locke Institute
WEBEntry to the John Locke Institute Essay Competition 2024 is open to students from any country. Registration Only candidates who registered before the registration deadline of Friday, 31 May 2024 may enter this year's competition. To register, click here. Submission
John Locke - Biography, Beliefs & Philosophy | HISTORY
WEBNov 9, 2009 · The English philosopher and political theorist John Locke (1632-1704) laid much of the groundwork for the Enlightenment and made central contributions to the development of liberalism. Trained...
John Locke - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
WEBSep 2, 2001 · John Locke (b. 1632, d. 1704) was a British philosopher, Oxford academic and medical researcher. Locke’s monumental An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689) is one of the first great defenses of modern empiricism and concerns itself with determining the limits of human understanding in respect to a wide spectrum of topics.
John Locke: Biography, English Philosopher, Empiricism
WEBAug 16, 2023 · English philosopher John Locke's works lie at the foundation of modern philosophical empiricism and political liberalism. Updated: Aug 16, 2023. Photo: Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty...
John Locke - World History Encyclopedia
WEBNov 21, 2023 · John Locke (1632-1704) was an English philosopher responsible for laying the foundation of the European Enlightenment. Locke believed that each branch of government should have separate powers, that liberty must be protected from state interference, and that the state must protect the private property of its citizens.
John Locke and his major works | Britannica
WEBJohn Locke, (born Aug. 29, 1632, Wrington, Somerset, Eng.—died Oct. 28, 1704, Oates, Essex), English philosopher. Educated at Oxford, principally in medicine and science, he later became physician and adviser to the future 3rd earl of Shaftesbury (1667–72).
Locke, John | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
WEBJohn Locke (1632—1704) John Locke was among the most famous philosophers and political theorists of the 17 th century. He is often regarded as the founder of a school of thought known as British Empiricism, and he made foundational contributions to modern theories of limited, liberal government.
Locke’s Political Philosophy - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
WEBNov 9, 2005 · John Locke (1632–1704) is among the most influential political philosophers of the modern period. In the Two Treatises of Government, he defended the claim that men are by nature free and equal against claims that …
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