Early life John Locke's portrait by Godfrey Kneller, National Portrait Gallery, London Locke was born on 29 August 1632, in a small thatched cottage by the church in Wrington, Somerset, about 12 miles (19 …

Dec 5, 2025 · John Locke, English philosopher whose works lie at the foundation of modern philosophical empiricism and political liberalism. He was an inspirer of both the European …

Sep 2, 2001 · 1. Historical Background and Locke’s Life John Locke (1632–1704) was one of the greatest philosophers in Europe at the end of the seventeenth century. Locke grew up and lived …

Locke’s emphasis on the philosophical examination of the human mind as a preliminary to the philosophical investigation of the world and its contents represented a new approach to philosophy, …

Nov 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...

Nov 9, 2009 · Locke’s “Essay Concerning Human Understanding” (1689) outlined a theory of human knowledge, identity and selfhood that would be hugely influential to Enlightenment thinkers.

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I am a Professor of Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California. I am the honored recipient of the APA’s Lisska Prize, and, together with my frequent co-author Dan Korman, …

Two Treatises of Government (full title: Two Treatises of Government: In the Former, The False Principles, and Foundation of Sir Robert Filmer, and His Followers, Are Detected and Overthrown. …

Dec 5, 2025 · Political philosophy - Locke, Natural Rights, Social Contract: It was John Locke, politically the most influential English philosopher, who further developed this doctrine. His Two Treatises of …