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How did John Lock influence the u.s. government 

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How did John Lock influence the u.s. government 

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The single most important influence that shaped the founding of the United states comes from John Lock, a 17th century Englishman who redefined the nature of government. The duty of that government is to protect the natural rights of the people, which Locke believed to include life, liberty, and property.

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John Lock's most famous works are An Essays Concerning Human Understanding (1689), in which he developed his theory of ideas and his account of the origins of human knowledge in experience, and Two Treatises of Government (first edition published in 1690 but substantially composed before 1683)

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What philosophies are John Lock most famous for?

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What philosophies are John Lock most famous for?

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Locke's Political philosophies . John Locke (1632–1704) is among the most influential political philosophers of the modern period. In the Two Treatises of Government, he defended the claim that men are by nature free and equal against claims that God had made all people naturally subject to a monarch.

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At Oxford, he studied medicine which would play a central role in his life. He became a highly influential philosopher, writing about such topics as political philosophy, epistemology, and education. Locke's writings helped found modern Western philosophy.

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John Locke  went to Westminster School and then Christ Church, University of Oxford. At Oxford, he studied medicine, which would play a central role in his life. He became a highly influential philosopher, writing about such topics as political philosophy, epistemology, and education.

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England, Netherlands

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August 29, 1632 , Wrington, United Kingdom