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Philosopher of the Day JOHN LOCKE

John Locke English Philosopher People are created equal.

John Locke ( ) Influenced by the Glorious Revolution in England. Poor monarch replaced by better one.

Right of Revolution Government should protect people’s rights. Locke argued that people have a right to overthrow unjust king.

John Locke People have natural rights: Life Liberty Property

Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson used Locke’s Ideas Life Liberty PropertyPursuit of Happiness

American Revolution based on Locke’s Ideas

Writings of Locke Two Treatises of Government Essay on Human Understanding Essay on the Laws on Nature Letters on Religious Toleration

“Logic is the anatomy of thought.”

“There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discoursed of men.”

“Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.”

“To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality.”

“The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.”

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

John Locke English Philosopher Wrote Two Treatises of Government People are equal. Government should protect the rights of people. His ideas are used to Justify revolutions & create democracy