John Locke by Tanner Blonigen https://padlet.com/19blontan/z5m64hag7zc0 Enlightenment Thinkers en-us 2018-04-06 18:16:24 UTC 2024-05-30 15:11:09 UTC hello@padlet.com Background 19blontan https://padlet.com/19blontan/z5m64hag7zc0/wish/249330099
  • Philosopher and political theorist

    • Advocate of empirical approaches

    • Studied medicine extensively





    ]]>     2018-04-06 18:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/19blontan/z5m64hag7zc0/wish/249330099     19blontan https://padlet.com/19blontan/z5m64hag7zc0/wish/249330810 2018-04-06 18:19:19 UTC https://padlet.com/19blontan/z5m64hag7zc0/wish/249330810 Literature 19blontan https://padlet.com/19blontan/z5m64hag7zc0/wish/249331353 “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.]]>     2018-04-06 18:20:52 UTC https://padlet.com/19blontan/z5m64hag7zc0/wish/249331353     Government Views 19blontan https://padlet.com/19blontan/z5m64hag7zc0/wish/249331441 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. ]]>     2018-04-06 18:21:07 UTC https://padlet.com/19blontan/z5m64hag7zc0/wish/249331441     Impact on History 19blontan https://padlet.com/19blontan/z5m64hag7zc0/wish/249331551
  • 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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    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]]>     2018-04-06 18:21:36 UTC https://padlet.com/19blontan/z5m64hag7zc0/wish/249331611     19blontan https://padlet.com/19blontan/z5m64hag7zc0/wish/249336990 2018-04-06 18:36:48 UTC https://padlet.com/19blontan/z5m64hag7zc0/wish/249336990 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. 19blontan https://padlet.com/19blontan/z5m64hag7zc0/wish/249337694 2018-04-06 18:39:14 UTC https://padlet.com/19blontan/z5m64hag7zc0/wish/249337694