John Locke
John Locke is widely regarded as one of the most influential Enlightenment thinkers and the “Father of Liberalism.” His ideas on empiricism, natural rights, religious toleration, and government by consent laid the philosophical foundations for modern democracy, constitutional...
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John Locke: Early Life Puritan Origins John Locke was born into a family shaped by the religious and political upheavals of 17th-century England. His upbringing during the English Civil War and...
Career
John Locke: Career The Years in Holland (1683-1689) Locke’s exile in the Netherlands proved intellectually transformative. Removed from immediate political danger but connected to a network of...
Major Achievements
John Locke: Major Achievements Foundation of Modern Empiricism John Locke’s greatest achievement was establishing empiricism as the dominant approach to understanding human knowledge in the...