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John Locke

Born

in Wrington, Somerset, England

August 29, 1632

Died

October 28, 1704

Website

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/locke/

Genre

Philosophy, Politics, Science

Influences

René Descartes, Thomas Hobbes, Robert Filmer ...more

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John Locke was an English philosopher. He is considered the first of the British Empiricists, but is equally important to social contract theory. His ideas had enormous influence on the development of epistemology and political philosophy, and he is widely regarded as one of the most influential Enlightenment thinkers and contributors to liberal theory. His writings influenced Voltaire and Rousseau, many Scottish Enlightenment thinkers, as well as the American revolutionaries. This influence is reflected in the American Declaration of Independence.

Locke's theory of mind is often cited as the origin for modern conceptions of identity and "the self", figur ...more

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	Second Treatise of Government by John Locke, Crawford Brough Macpherson (Editor) 3.79 avg rating — 20,339 ratings — published 1689 — 2123 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Two Treatises of Government by John Locke, Peter Laslett (Editor) 3.86 avg rating — 17,402 ratings — published 1689 — 521 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Essay Concerning Human Understanding 3.86 avg rating — 15,523 ratings — published 1690 — 463 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Letter Concerning Toleration by John Locke, James H. Tully (Editor) 3.84 avg rating — 3,036 ratings — published 1689 — 171 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Second Treatise of Government/A Letter Concerning Toleration 3.76 avg rating — 879 ratings — published 1689 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Two Treatises of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration by John Locke, Ian Shapiro (Editor) 4.01 avg rating — 630 ratings — published 1689 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Locke: Political Writings by John Locke, Gerald Green, David Wootton (Introduction) 3.80 avg rating — 452 ratings — published 1993 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Another Man, Another Chance 4.29 avg rating — 252 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Some Thoughts Concerning Education 3.62 avg rating — 280 ratings — published 1693 — 104 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Alibi 4.27 avg rating — 184 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.”
― John Locke

tags: knowledge, reading, thinking

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“I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.”
― John Locke

tags: actions, interpretation

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“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not common.”
― John Locke

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