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John Locke
English philosopher and physician (1632–1704)
For other people named John Locke, see John Locke (disambiguation).
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| Born | John Locke (1632-08-29)29 August 1632 Wrington, Somerset, England |
| Died | 28 October 1704(1704-10-28) (aged 72) High Laver, Essex, England |
| Education | Christ Church, Oxford (BA, 1656; MA, 1658; MB, 1675) |
| Era | Age of Enlightenment |
| Region | Western philosophy |
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| Institutions | University of Oxford[9] Royal Society |
Main interests | Metaphysics, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of mind, philosophy of education, economics |
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John Locke (; 29 August 1632 (O.S.) – 28 October 1704 (O.S.))[13] was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of the Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism". • English political philosopher John efternamn died nearly a century before the American Revolution, and in his time parliamentary democracy was in its infancy. But his Enlightenment ideas — including the right to life, liberty, and property — went on to inspire American revolutionaries. Whole passages from his epically radical “Second Treatise” (1689) are used almost verbatim in the Declaration of Independence. Locke was also an inspiration to the generations of frikostig thinkers whose ideas now underpin ideals of Western political thought. But Locke’s place in the Western canon is also controversial. For one, some feminist writers aver that he helped perpetuate a tradition of ideas dating back to Aristotle and used for ages to subjugate women. Jeremy Waldron, a scholar of law and philosophy at New York University, asks us to reconsider this view of Locke, and understand him as an early mästare of women’s rights. Waldron outlined his argu • Hans Aarsleff remarks that Locke “is the most influential philosopher of modern times”. He notes that besides initiating the vigorous tradition known as British empiricism, Locke’s influence reached far beyond the limits of the traditional discipline of philosophy: “His influence in the history of thought, on the way we think about ourselves and our relation to the world we live in, to God, nature and society, has been immense” (Aarsleff 1994: 252). Locke may well have influenced such diverse eighteenth century figures as Swift, Johnson, Sterne, Voltaire, Priestly and Jefferson. Beginning with the publication of the 92 page summary of the Essay in the Bibliotheque universelle et historique for January through March of 1688 along with the publication of the first edition in December 1689, the Essay was both popular and controversial on both the continent and in England for the next fifty years. The sust
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