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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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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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https://www.history.com/topics/john-locke

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/locke/influence.html

https://faculty.history.wisc.edu/sommerville/367/john_locke.htm

https://sites.google.com/site/lockevshobbeswhowillwin/home/who-was-john-locke/john-lockes-ideas

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His political ideas in the Two Treaties of Government were put into the United States Declaration of Independence and United States Constitution.

American government was influenced highly by the works of Locke; modern-day philosophy and thinking is based off of his ideals.

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Locke believed that a ruler gains authority through the consent of the governed. The duty of said government is to protect the natural rights of the people.

Locke's thoughts on government displayed a separation of the powers into legislative, executive, and federative.

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“Essay Concerning Human Understanding” (1689) outlined a theory of human knowledge, most famous work

The “Two Treatises of Government” (1690) offered political theories and ideas on government.

Rejecting the divine right of kings, Locke said that societies form governments by mutual agreement.

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Philosopher and political theorist

Advocate of empirical approaches

Studied medicine extensively