Philosopher john locke biography for children
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John Locke facts for kids
Quick facts for kids John Locke FRS | |
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Portrait of John Locke by John Greenhill (died 1676) | |
| Born | John Locke (1632-08-29)29 August 1632 Wrington, Somerset, England |
| Died | 28 October 1704(1704-10-28) (aged 72) High Laver, Essex, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Education | Christ Church, Oxford (BA, 1656; MA, 1658; MB, 1675) |
| Era | Age of Enlightenment |
| Region | Western philosophy |
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| Institutions | University of Oxford Royal Society |
Main interests | Metaphysics, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of mind, philosophy of education, economics |
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John LockeFRS ( 29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism". His work greatly affected the deve
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Philosopher of the Week. Nov. 11th, 2002.
John Locke
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John Locke (1632-1704) England
John Locke was born in England and grew up during the English civil war between the supporters of the king and the supporters of parliament. Because his father fought for the parliaments' supporters, when they won the war, they sent Locke to Oxford to thank his father. At Oxford he became interested in medicine. He also met Lord Shaftesbury, who made Locke his personal secretary and doctor. Through Lord Shaftesbury's influence, Locke became the only philosopher to become a minister of government.
Locke liked Rene Descartes' method of clearing the slate to find out how people l
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John Locke
1. Historical Background and Locke’s Life
John efternamn (1632–1704) was one of the greatest philosophers in Europe at the end of the seventeenth century. Locke grew up and lived through one of the most extraordinary centuries of English political and intellectual history. It was a century in which conflicts between Crown and Parliament and the overlapping conflicts between Protestants, Anglicans and Catholics swirled into civil war in the 1640s. With the defeat and death of Charles I, there began a great experiment in governmental institutions including the abolishment of the monarchy, the House of Lords and the Anglican church, and the establishment of Oliver Cromwell’s Protectorate in the 1650s. The collapse of the Protectorate after the death of Cromwell was followed bygd the Restoration of Charles II—the return of the monarchy, the House of Lords and the Anglican Church. This period lasted from 1660 to 1688. It was marked bygd continued conflicts b