1649- January 30. King Charles I is executed, the House of Lords abolished; England is declared a Commonwealth
1652- Locke goes to Christ Church College, Oxford. From this time until 1667- Oxford was Locke's usual place of residence.
1656- Locke graduates B.A.
1658- Locke graduates M.A.
1660- Locke meets Robert Boyle, the chemist, who was to be his friend and correspondent for thirty years. Locke writes his first treatise on the Civil Magistrate.
1660- Charles II returns to England and is restored to the throne.
1661- Locke's father dies.
1664- Locke is "Censor of Moral Philosophy" at Christ Church. He writes the Essays on the Law of Nature
1665- November-February 1666 Locke visits Cleves as part of a diplomatic mission accompanying Sir Henry Vane to the Elector of Brandenburg.
1665- Locke reads Descartes and finds in him the first viable alternative to Scholasticism he had encountered.
1666- Locke meets Anthony Ashley Cooper (later the first earl of Shaftsbury). Locke is granted a dispensation to keep his studentship without taking holy orders.
1667- Locke began collaborating with Thomas Sydenham in medical research.
1667- Locke joins Ashly's household in London as Lord Ashley's personal physician. From this time until 1675 Locke resided usually in London. He writes an Essay concerning Toleration
1668- Locke supervises an operation to remove a cyst from Lord Ashley's liver. Astonishingly, the operation is successful and the patient lives another 15 years! Locke is elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
1670- Locke (under the supervision of Shaftsbury) writes the Fundamental Constitution of Carolina
1671- Locke writes the first draft of the Essay Concerning Human Understanding From this year until 1675 Locke appears to have been the secretary to the Lords Proprietors of Carolina
1671- Locke, along with Lord Shaftsbury and many others, buys shares in the Royal Africa Company - the company chartered by the crown to carry out the slave trade for Great Britain; he sells the shares at a profit in 1675
1672- October-November. Locke visits Paris
1675- Locke graduates M.B. On 12 November he goes to France and remains there until 1678
1678- Titus Oates charges that there was a Popish plot to kill King Charles II and put his Catholic brother James on the throne.
1679- Shaftsbury becomes Lord President of the King's Council. Locke returns to England. A bill to exclude the Catholic Duke of York from the Throne is passed by the House of Commons but fails in the House of Lords 15 October Parliament prorogued and Shaftsbury dismissed from office.
1681- Lord Shaftsbury tried for treason but acquitted.
1682- Locke meets Damaris Cudworth, daughter of Ralph Cudworth (a Cambridge Platonist).
1682- November 28. Shaftsbury flees to Holland where he dies on 21 January 1683
1683- September. The Rye House Plot to kill Charles II exposed; Locke flees to Holland; Essex, Russell and Algernon Sydney (leaders of the Whig party) arrested.
1684- Locke expelled from his studentship at Christ Church College, Oxford, by Royal command.
1685- Charles II dies; the Catholic Duke of York ascends the throne as James II.
1685- Lord Monmouth's (one of Charles II's illegitimate sons) rebellion. Monmouth invades England from Holland, Argyle raises a rebellion in Scotland. Both are suppressed.
1688- The Bibliotheque Universelle publishes a fifty page abstract of Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding
1688- William of Orange invades England and accomplishes the "Glorious Revolution of 1688." James II flees to France.
1689- February. Locke returns to England escorting the princess of Orange, who later became Queen Mary. He meets Sir Isaac Newton and they become friends.
1689- The Epistolia de Tolerentia was published, and translated by William Popple as A Letter Concerning Toleration.
1689- December. The Essay Concerning Human Understanding is published.
1690- The Two Treatises of Civil Government are published.
1690- Jonas Proast publishes The Argument of the 'Letter of Toleration' Briefly Considered and Answered
1691- Locke makes Oates, the residence of Sir Francis and Lady Masham, his permanent home.
1693- Some Thoughts Concerning Education published.
1694- The second edition of the Essay Concerning Human Understanding published.
1695- The Reasonableness of Christianity published anonymously.
1695- Locke answered criticisms of the Reasonableness in A Vindication of the Reasonableness of Christianity.
1696- A Board of Trade established and Locke appointed to it. The Board had a variety of duties including overseeing colonial governments. Though ill of health, Locke remained on the Board until 1700. He was its most influential member.
1697- A second Vindication of the Reasonableness of Christianity.
1697-99 Locke engaged in an extensive controversy with Edward Stillingfleet, Bishop of Worcester.
1700- Locke remained at Oates until his death in 1704 (John Locke,2011).
"A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this World: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little the better for anything else (BrainyQuote,2011)." - John Locke
Human Nature in Locke's perspective According to Locke, God created man and we are, in effect, God's property. The chief end set us by our creator as a species and as individuals is survival. A wise and omnipotent God, having made people and sent them into this world: It follows immediately that "he has no liberty to destroy himself, or so much as any creature in his possession, yet when some nobler use than its bare possession calls for it.“ So, murder and suicide violate the divine purpose.If one takes survival as the end, then we may ask what are the means necessary to that end. On Locke's account, these turn out to be life, liberty, health and property. Since the end is set by God, on Locke's view we have a right to the means to that end. So we have rights to life, liberty, health and property. These are natural rights, that is they are rights that we have in a state of nature before the introduction of civil government, and all people have these rights equally. (Uzgalis,2007)
Locke argues that there is a Law of Nature, which is a basic system of morals and is given to every man to know.The law, he adds, is something which is the decree of a superior will (God), and lays down what is to be done and not to be done, and which unites on all men. The moral law for Locke demands that some things are completely forbidden (theft, murder), others depend on certain circumstances. It is obvious that the nature of the world is governed by laws and so too is man’s conduct, and that without moral laws, men would not have society; without moral law, trust between men would collapse. We can know moral laws through four different methods: inscription, tradition, sense experience, or divine revelation. Ignoring the last, Locke also rejects both inscription and tradition (which were both connected to Roman Catholic theology) in favor of learning morality with our senses and reason (Moseley, 2005)
LOCKE'S EDUCATION AND EARLY HISTORY
John Locke was born in Somerset, England August 29, 1632
He was the oldest son of Agnes Keene , married to John Locke a Puritan lawyer who served as a clerk for the justice of peace
Locke was an educated man under the royalist and Anglican law
When Locke was fifteen, he was entered into the Westminster School
In 1652, Christ church offered Locke a scholarship. Which was Oxford University's most important college.
His studies included metayphysics, logic, Greek, and Latin
He earned his Bachelors of Art degree in 1656 and took steps toward a master's of art degree and went on to teach rhetoric and Greek.
Locke also spent much time studying medicine and free spirits. (King,2011)
Lord Cooper and John Locke
Lord Ashley Cooper
In the summer of 1666 Locke met Lord Ashley Cooper at the Oxford University when he was studying medicine.
Cooper was facing physical issues when he was suffering from a liver cyst which became swollen and soon infectious. He assigned Locke to be his physicist and Locke moved in with him to his Exeter house in London
Shaftesbury’s liver infection worsened, and Locke supervised successful surgery in1668.Shaftesbury encouraged Locke to develop his confidence as a philosopher. Thanks to Shaftesbury, Locke was nominated for the Royal Society, where he met up with some of London’s most intelligent people. In 1671, with a half-dozen friends, Locke started a discussion group to talk about principles of morality and religion.
Locke served as Cooper's right hand man, writing speeches for Cooper, setting up marriage for his son, recorded the progress of billsthrough parliament, and tutored his grandson
Shaftesbury formed the Whig party, and Locke, then in France, carried on to help influence Parliamentary elections. Shaftesbury was imprisoned for a year in the Tower of London, then he helped pass the Habeas Corpus Act in 1679 which made it unlawful for government to imprison a person without filing formal charges or to put a person on trial for the same charge twice (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2011).
LOCKE'S FINAL YEARS
Sir Francis Masham and his wife, Damaris, had invited Locke to spend his last years at Oates,in their North Essex household, about 25 miles from London. He had a ground-floor bedroom and his own library to contribute to his studies. Locke gradually became ill and his body started to wear. He lost most of his hearing in both ears and his legs began to swell up. By October 1704, he could hardly arise to dress. Around 3 o’clock in the afternoon of saturday, October 28, Locke was sitting in his library of his study with Lady Masham. Suddenly, he brought his hands to his face, shut his eyes, and died. He was 72. He was buried in the High Laver churchyard (Powell, 2011)
FACT: Locke was baptized on the day of his birth.
"All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions"(BrainyQuote,2011).-John Locke
John Locke was born on August 29, 1632 in the town of Somerset, England. He went to school at Westminster and later went on to study at Christ Church Oxford. At Oxford Locke received the senior student which is the highest honor. However he was not satisfied by the weak schedule of a freshman. He took up medicine and gained his license in 1656. From his connections at Oxford Locke became the secretary to Brandenburg the Holland ambassador. The mission however, didn't work out for Locke and he returned to England. This led him to later meet Anthony Ashley Cooper in 1666. The two met when Locke was studying medicine and treated Cooper, who suffered from a liver cyst. Cooper had a growing interest in Locke and brought Locke to his Exeter House mansion in London. Anthony Ashley Cooper became Lord Ashley and elected to Earl of Shaftesbury. Shaftesbury became a member of the four man cabinet and shortly severed as Lord High Chancellor. In 1668 Shaftsbury needed surgery which Locke supervised. To show his gratefulness Shaftsbury encouraged Locke to develop his potential in philosophy. Locke went on to join the Royal Society. Locke used his power to start a group to talk about principles like morality and religion. From this group Locke wrote An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. Shaftsbury also encouraged Locke to take a look at toleration, education, and trade among other things. This research pushed Locke in the direction to oppose government regulation on interest rates. Locke was basically involved in everything Shaftesbury did. He wrote speeches, recorded programs of bills through Parliament, kept notes during meetings, evaluated people for political appointments, and also negotiated marriage terms for Shaftsbury son and tutored his grandchildren. Locke joined Shaftsbury's Whig party which helped influence Parliamentary elections. Shaftsbury was sent to prison for a year and when he came back he passed the Habeas Corpus Act which made it unlawful to detain a person without filing charges. In 1682 Shaftsbury fled to Holland and died two months later. During this time Locke was at Oxford for the last burning of the books. Locke feared that his works would be found and they would be burned so he hid them. The English government tried to capture Locke but he successfully evaded. He told people he was in Holland because he enjoys their beer. While in Holland Locke worked on his book, An Essay Concerning Human Nature. The book describes that humans are born with no knowledge at all. Instead, Locke says that all knowledge comes from experiences in one’s own life. These experiences are broken down into two different types sensation and reflection. Sensation helps us understand the external world while reflection teaches us about our minds operations. In this book Locke talks about language. Locke understood that there were issues with language in gaining knowledge. The final thing that Locke talks about in his book is what humans know and don’t know. Locke goes on to define knowledge as “the perception of the connection and agreement or disagreement and repugnancy of any of our ideas.” Locke also worked toward religious acceptance. He finally decided to return to England in 1689 after the Glorious Revolution. The revolution secured Protestants Parliamentary supremacy. On his way to England he sailed on the same ship as the future Queen Mary. Upon his arrival Locke completed A Letter Concerning Toleration. The book was written in Latin to reach a larger amount of people in Europe. In the letter he wrote about the threat that atheists and Catholics might have on social order. He also opposed persecution of Anabaptist, Independents, Presbyterians, and Quakers. Examples in his letter say “If a Roman Catholic believe that to be really the Body of Christ, which another man calls bread, he does no injury therby to his Neighbor.” Locke also completed two other lesser letters on toleration in 1690 and 1692. Locke’s biggest work had still yet to come though. In October of 1689 Locke published his book Two Treatises of Government. The book was John Locke’s best. The book was revolutionary for its time. It went against the come theory that a king should hold all the power in a country. He also defends natural law saying that rulers cannot just do anything they want. Locke goes on to say that the most important thing for a man is his life, liberty, and possessions. Life is the right for all men not to be persecuted against or treated unfairly. Liberty is the right for men to do what they want with their lives. Locke describes possessions as having private property which is the bases of liberty. The people or citizens should have the power to run the government not a king or ruler. In detail Locke says that government should not have the right to raise taxes without the people agreeing to it. Locke’s book also mentions how the government cannot destroy the people’s property or reduce them to slaves without the people rising up against the government. No matter how great this book was Locke denied being the author. He even later destroyed the original manuscript and anything else linking him to the book. However, the book gained no major attention during his life and he was spared. During Locke’s final years he was invited to stay at Sir Francis Masham’s house at Oates in North Essex. Locke had lost most of his hearing and his legs swelled up. He could hardly dress himself. Finally on October 28, 1704 he died at the age of seventy-two. In today’s world Locke’s views on government are still in effect. His views of people holding the power in a government can be seen in the United States. Locke believed that the citizens of a country should be the ones that make the laws. No single person should have authority over a whole country. In the United States there is a system of checks and balances that makes sure no one branch gains too much power. The president is the head figure but he cannot actually make the laws. Making the laws is left up to Congress. The Supreme Court then decides if the laws affect people’s basic rights. Thomas Jefferson viewed all people as being created equal. Equality was the bases of the United States Constitution. In Europe Locke’s views of government were not accepted. During his time kings ruled many of the nations. The kings made the laws and they had all the power, there was nobody to control them. Locke’s views later started to gain a foothold in Europe when people started to revolt against their kings in countries like France and England. Today both these countries have a prime minster or a president like figure. They give the sovereignty to the citizens of that country. Locke’s views of life, liberty, and possessions are all instituted in all three of these governments. They are the primary focus of the United States government. These views will continue to run countries for many years to come. The Catholic view on human nature is that sin has transformed humans. The Church believes that all people are born with Original Sin. This sin comes from Adam and Eve when they were in the Garden of Eden. This story shows that humans have the right to free will, to choose right from wrong. John Locke believed that humans have to be taught everything they know from experience. This includes knowing right from wrong. This is true because younger kids do not always know how to choose the right thing. They have to learn from their mistakes. During Locke’s life he advocated for reform to the Catholic Church. He believed that all religions should be accepted and that all the people in the world should live in harmony. The Church at the time worried more about converting people of the New World and the spread of Christianity. Today the Church accepts all the other religions of the world just like Locke wanted. The Church also believes that people learn through experience of making choices through there free will. Knowledge, free will, and original sin are all part of the Church’s teachings. They show of the effects of human nature in people today. They help form our societies and determine how people act in today’s world. John Locke was on the world’s great philosophers. His writings on government, human nature, and toleration are known worldwide. Locke was a remarkably smart man who studied government and human nature carefully. They are still very much a part of governments and in the Church today. The writings changed the way that people saw their world during Locke’s life. Even if Locke’s views did not take affect still after his death, they still had a remarkable effect. Locke was never respected during his life like he is now. Many people did not agree with what he was preaching saying it would never work. Eventually, his view of government came into effect in American and in some countries of Europe who had revolutions. Many countries have based their government off of Locke’s theories. The Church has also reformed how it teaches mattes of human nature. Locke is a key figure in developing the Western Hemisphere even though he was dead. Locke’s ideas will always be remembered as long as the countries that hold his ideas are still around. Also the Church’s teachings on human nature will stay in effect for a very long time.
Work Citied Uzgalis, William. "John Locke (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)." Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Standford, 2007. Web. 09 Sept. 2011. <http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/locke/>.
Moseley, Alexander. "Locke: Political Philosophy [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]." Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Web. 11 Sept. 2011. <http://www.iep.utm.edu/locke-po/>.
JOHN LOCKE (1632-1704)
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"A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this World: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little the better for anything else (BrainyQuote,2011)." - John Locke
Human Nature in Locke's perspective
According to Locke, God created man and we are, in effect, God's property. The chief end set us by our creator as a species and as individuals is survival. A wise and omnipotent God, having made people and sent them into this world:
It follows immediately that "he has no liberty to destroy himself, or so much as any creature in his possession, yet when some nobler use than its bare possession calls for it.“ So, murder and suicide violate the divine purpose.If one takes survival as the end, then we may ask what are the means necessary to that end. On Locke's account, these turn out to be life, liberty, health and property. Since the end is set by God, on Locke's view we have a right to the means to that end. So we have rights to life, liberty, health and property. These are natural rights, that is they are rights that we have in a state of nature before the introduction of civil government, and all people have these rights equally. (Uzgalis,2007)
Locke argues that there is a Law of Nature, which is a basic system of morals and is given to every man to know.The law, he adds, is something which is the decree of a superior will (God), and lays down what is to be done and not to be done, and which unites on all men. The moral law for Locke demands that some things are completely forbidden (theft, murder), others depend on certain circumstances. It is obvious that the nature of the world is governed by laws and so too is man’s conduct, and that without moral laws, men would not have society; without moral law, trust between men would collapse. We can know moral laws through four different methods: inscription, tradition, sense experience, or divine revelation. Ignoring the last, Locke also rejects both inscription and tradition (which were both connected to Roman Catholic theology) in favor of learning morality with our senses and reason (Moseley, 2005)
LOCKE'S EDUCATION AND EARLY HISTORY
Lord Cooper and John Locke
LOCKE'S FINAL YEARS
Sir Francis Masham and his wife, Damaris, had invited Locke to spend his last years at Oates,in their North Essex household, about 25 miles from London. He had a ground-floor bedroom and his own library to contribute to his studies. Locke gradually became ill and his body started to wear. He lost most of his hearing in both ears and his legs began to swell up. By October 1704, he could hardly arise to dress. Around 3 o’clock in the afternoon of saturday, October 28, Locke was sitting in his library of his study with Lady Masham. Suddenly, he brought his hands to his face, shut his eyes, and died. He was 72. He was buried in the High Laver churchyard (Powell, 2011)
FACT: Locke was baptized on the day of his birth.
"All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions"(BrainyQuote,2011).-John Locke
John Locke was born on August 29, 1632 in the town of Somerset, England. He went to school at Westminster and later went on to study at Christ Church Oxford. At Oxford Locke received the senior student which is the highest honor. However he was not satisfied by the weak schedule of a freshman. He took up medicine and gained his license in 1656. From his connections at Oxford Locke became the secretary to Brandenburg the Holland ambassador. The mission however, didn't work out for Locke and he returned to England. This led him to later meet Anthony Ashley Cooper in 1666. The two met when Locke was studying medicine and treated Cooper, who suffered from a liver cyst. Cooper had a growing interest in Locke and brought Locke to his Exeter House mansion in London. Anthony Ashley Cooper became Lord Ashley and elected to Earl of Shaftesbury. Shaftesbury became a member of the four man cabinet and shortly severed as Lord High Chancellor. In 1668 Shaftsbury needed surgery which Locke supervised. To show his gratefulness Shaftsbury encouraged Locke to develop his potential in philosophy. Locke went on to join the Royal Society. Locke used his power to start a group to talk about principles like morality and religion. From this group Locke wrote An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. Shaftsbury also encouraged Locke to take a look at toleration, education, and trade among other things. This research pushed Locke in the direction to oppose government regulation on interest rates. Locke was basically involved in everything Shaftesbury did. He wrote speeches, recorded programs of bills through Parliament, kept notes during meetings, evaluated people for political appointments, and also negotiated marriage terms for Shaftsbury son and tutored his grandchildren. Locke joined Shaftsbury's Whig party which helped influence Parliamentary elections. Shaftsbury was sent to prison for a year and when he came back he passed the Habeas Corpus Act which made it unlawful to detain a person without filing charges.
In 1682 Shaftsbury fled to Holland and died two months later. During this time Locke was at Oxford for the last burning of the books. Locke feared that his works would be found and they would be burned so he hid them. The English government tried to capture Locke but he successfully evaded. He told people he was in Holland because he enjoys their beer.
While in Holland Locke worked on his book, An Essay Concerning Human Nature. The book describes that humans are born with no knowledge at all. Instead, Locke says that all knowledge comes from experiences in one’s own life. These experiences are broken down into two different types sensation and reflection. Sensation helps us understand the external world while reflection teaches us about our minds operations. In this book Locke talks about language. Locke understood that there were issues with language in gaining knowledge. The final thing that Locke talks about in his book is what humans know and don’t know. Locke goes on to define knowledge as “the perception of the connection and agreement or disagreement and repugnancy of any of our ideas.”
Locke also worked toward religious acceptance. He finally decided to return to England in 1689 after the Glorious Revolution. The revolution secured Protestants Parliamentary supremacy. On his way to England he sailed on the same ship as the future Queen Mary. Upon his arrival Locke completed A Letter Concerning Toleration. The book was written in Latin to reach a larger amount of people in Europe. In the letter he wrote about the threat that atheists and Catholics might have on social order. He also opposed persecution of Anabaptist, Independents, Presbyterians, and Quakers. Examples in his letter say “If a Roman Catholic believe that to be really the Body of Christ, which another man calls bread, he does no injury therby to his Neighbor.” Locke also completed two other lesser letters on toleration in 1690 and 1692.
Locke’s biggest work had still yet to come though. In October of 1689 Locke published his book Two Treatises of Government. The book was John Locke’s best. The book was revolutionary for its time. It went against the come theory that a king should hold all the power in a country. He also defends natural law saying that rulers cannot just do anything they want. Locke goes on to say that the most important thing for a man is his life, liberty, and possessions. Life is the right for all men not to be persecuted against or treated unfairly. Liberty is the right for men to do what they want with their lives. Locke describes possessions as having private property which is the bases of liberty. The people or citizens should have the power to run the government not a king or ruler. In detail Locke says that government should not have the right to raise taxes without the people agreeing to it. Locke’s book also mentions how the government cannot destroy the people’s property or reduce them to slaves without the people rising up against the government. No matter how great this book was Locke denied being the author. He even later destroyed the original manuscript and anything else linking him to the book. However, the book gained no major attention during his life and he was spared.
During Locke’s final years he was invited to stay at Sir Francis Masham’s house at Oates in North Essex. Locke had lost most of his hearing and his legs swelled up. He could hardly dress himself. Finally on October 28, 1704 he died at the age of seventy-two.
In today’s world Locke’s views on government are still in effect. His views of people holding the power in a government can be seen in the United States. Locke believed that the citizens of a country should be the ones that make the laws. No single person should have authority over a whole country. In the United States there is a system of checks and balances that makes sure no one branch gains too much power. The president is the head figure but he cannot actually make the laws. Making the laws is left up to Congress. The Supreme Court then decides if the laws affect people’s basic rights. Thomas Jefferson viewed all people as being created equal. Equality was the bases of the United States Constitution. In Europe Locke’s views of government were not accepted. During his time kings ruled many of the nations. The kings made the laws and they had all the power, there was nobody to control them. Locke’s views later started to gain a foothold in Europe when people started to revolt against their kings in countries like France and England. Today both these countries have a prime minster or a president like figure. They give the sovereignty to the citizens of that country. Locke’s views of life, liberty, and possessions are all instituted in all three of these governments. They are the primary focus of the United States government. These views will continue to run countries for many years to come.
The Catholic view on human nature is that sin has transformed humans. The Church believes that all people are born with Original Sin. This sin comes from Adam and Eve when they were in the Garden of Eden. This story shows that humans have the right to free will, to choose right from wrong. John Locke believed that humans have to be taught everything they know from experience. This includes knowing right from wrong. This is true because younger kids do not always know how to choose the right thing. They have to learn from their mistakes. During Locke’s life he advocated for reform to the Catholic Church. He believed that all religions should be accepted and that all the people in the world should live in harmony. The Church at the time worried more about converting people of the New World and the spread of Christianity. Today the Church accepts all the other religions of the world just like Locke wanted. The Church also believes that people learn through experience of making choices through there free will. Knowledge, free will, and original sin are all part of the Church’s teachings. They show of the effects of human nature in people today. They help form our societies and determine how people act in today’s world.
John Locke was on the world’s great philosophers. His writings on government, human nature, and toleration are known worldwide. Locke was a remarkably smart man who studied government and human nature carefully. They are still very much a part of governments and in the Church today. The writings changed the way that people saw their world during Locke’s life. Even if Locke’s views did not take affect still after his death, they still had a remarkable effect. Locke was never respected during his life like he is now. Many people did not agree with what he was preaching saying it would never work. Eventually, his view of government came into effect in American and in some countries of Europe who had revolutions. Many countries have based their government off of Locke’s theories. The Church has also reformed how it teaches mattes of human nature. Locke is a key figure in developing the Western Hemisphere even though he was dead. Locke’s ideas will always be remembered as long as the countries that hold his ideas are still around. Also the Church’s teachings on human nature will stay in effect for a very long time.
Work Citied
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"John Locke." Oregon State University. Web. 11 Sept. 2011. <http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/locke.html>.
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King, Peter. "John Locke." [oucs] Personal Pages Index. Web. 11 Sept. 2011. <http://users.ox.ac.uk/~worc0337/authors/john.locke.html>.
Brainy Quote. "BrainyQuote - Terms Of Use." Famous Quotes at BrainyQuote. Web. 11 Sept. 2011. <http://www.brainyquote.com/inquire/terms.html>.
Powell, Jim. "John Locke Natural Rights to Life, Liberty, and Property." The Freeman | Ideas On Liberty. Web. 11 Sept. 2011. <http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/john-locke-natural-rights-to-life-liberty-and-property/>.
Moseley, Alexander. "Locke: Political Philosophy [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]." Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Web. 11 Sept. 2011. <http://www.iep.utm.edu/locke-po/>.