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Locke, John
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Locke, John (1632–1704). English philosopher who became a major source for British empiricism and for liberal democracy, and who applied his thought to the support of Christian theistic belief. In addition to his
Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690),
The Letter on Toleration and (anonymously)
Two Treatises on Government, he wrote
Thoughts on Education (1693),
Reasonableness of Christianity (1695), and works which appeared later,
The Conduct of the Understanding (1706) and
Miracles (1716).
That things are ‘well-ordered’ was important for Locke. Far from being ‘a blind, fortuitous concourse of atoms’, we are able to make sense, from our senses, of the universe, in which ‘Nature never makes excellent things for mean or no uses’. From this, the existence of God is able to be demonstrated; and given that demonstrable truth, Locke was able to argue that certain rights which humans possess by nature are God-given and cannot be taken away: toleration becomes a primary virtue, to be exercised everywhere except where the rights of others are threatened. Locke's views were thus influential in forming the attitudes of the founders of the USA.
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Locke in America: The Moral Philosophy of the Founding Era.
Magazine article from: American Political Science Review; 12/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...Chapter 5, "A Benignant Egoism: John Locke's Social Ethic," is truly impressive...would not have been thought so by Locke, yet he himself is not completely...chapters on America, the historical John Locke almost drops out of sight - even...
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Locke and French Materialism.
Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics; 3/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; Yolton, John W. Locke and French Materialism. Oxford: Clarendon...1984). In that work Yolton showed that Locke's suggestion that God might have given...Britain. The present work makes clear that Locke's passing comment also had significant...
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Locke: A Biography.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 12/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...first major biography of John Locke since Maurice Cranston...biography which incorporates Locke into the history of his...Harris, Mark Goldie and John Miller is conspicuously...of the central issues in Locke's life, his relationship...
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Waldron's Locke: a breakthrough.(God, Locke, and Equality: Christian Foundations in Locke's Political Thought)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Christianity and Literature; 6/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...the arguments of John Locke concerning basic equality...ours" he aligns Locke with such political...Bernard Williams, John Rawls, Ronald Dworkin...or it is nothing. John Dunne, in "the standard...theological reading of Locke's politics" assumes...
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John Locke and the Origins of Private Property: Philosophical Explorations of Individualism, Community and Equality.
Magazine article from: American Political Science Review; 9/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Velasquez, Washington and Lee University John Locke's vision of the prepolitical and...bound to startle most students of Locke, Matthew H. Kramer proposes a reinterpretation...liberal edifice. The arguments of John Locke and the Origins of Private Property...
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John Locke, property rights, and economic theory.
Magazine article from: Journal of Economic Issues; 9/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...evaluate the standard argument that John Locke provided a theoretical foundation...neoclassical theory is traceable to Locke is arguable.(1) What is not arguable...argument is claimed to be traceable to Locke, in particular his position on property...
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LOCKE PLANS TO VISIT CHINA IN OCTOBER 12-DAY TRIP WILL INCLUDE VISIT TO HIS GRANDFATHER'S VILLAGE.(News)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 8/12/1997; ; 700+ words
; Gov. Gary Locke, the nation's first Chinese...aerospace giant has invited Locke to attend the Beijing Expo...Boeing planes in October. Locke's visit would precede a summit...Dan Evans, Dixy Lee Ray, John Spellman, Booth Gardner and...
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LOCKE RETURNS FUND-RAISER'S MONEY CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE GIVES UP $1,000 IN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM JOHN HUANG.(News)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 6/2/1999; ; 700+ words
; Gov. Gary Locke's campaign committee...contributions made by John Huang, the former Democratic...fund-raising scandal. Locke returned the money following...Upon learning of John Huang's guilty plea, Gov. Locke instructed me to return...
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Locke the hermenaut and the mechanics of understanding.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Humanitas; 3/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...collected into one complex one...." --J. Locke Opening Statement John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding contains...1989, 372), I will reconstruct and reinterpret Locke's treatment of language in the third book of his...
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Locke's accidental church: the letter concerning toleration and the church's witness to the state.(United Kingdom)
Magazine article from: Journal of Church and State; 3/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...obviously theological nature of much of John Locke's writings, until recently that...not unfounded. After all, it was Locke's political writings that, in many...Christianity. Unfortunately, reading Locke without full attention to the theological...
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John Locke
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
John Locke , 1632-1704, English philosopher, founder...Knowledge (1971); J. W. Gough, ed., John Locke's Political Philosophy; Eight Essays...Historically Considered (1977); R. W. Grant, John Locke's Liberalism (1987).
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Locke, John
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
John Locke Born: August 29, 1632 Wrington, England...and observing politics and politicians) John Locke began the empiricist tradition (the source...the human mind. Early years and school John Locke was born on August 29, 1632, in Wrington...
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Locke, John (1632–1704)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
LOCKE, JOHN (1632 – 1704) LOCKE, JOHN (1632 – 1704), English philosopher, political...economist, scholar, statesman, and sometime physician. John Locke, one of the leading figures in the history of English letters...
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Locke's Political Philosophy
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY. The legacy of John Locke's ideas in American history derives...Locke's own life and writings. John Locke (1632 – 1704) was an...University Press of Kansas, 1995. Locke, John. Two Treatises of Government...
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Locke, John (1632–1704)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society
Locke, John (1632 – 1704) English thinker John Locke insisted both that children are potentially free and rational beings, and...
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