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Locke, John
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Locke, John (1632–1704). Perhaps the most influential English‐language philosopher and political theorist, Locke is regarded as the founding thinker of liberalism. Locke lived in the household of
Shaftesbury the Whig leader and like him had to go into exile. His
Letter Concerning Toleration (1689) contains two fundamental assumptions: that religion is a matter for each individual, and that churches are voluntary associations. His arguments lead logically to the principle and practice of separation of church and state. The
Two Treatises of Government bases government on the consent of the governed, who need an authority to defend their property. Aruler who turns himself into a tyrant, as Charles II and James II had been doing, forfeits his authority and may be resisted.
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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 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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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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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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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'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's Two Treatises of Government: New Interpretations.
Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics; 3/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...to the "self-interested" Locke of the "old scholarship...Hamowy, in "Cato's Letters, John Locke, and the Republican Paradigm...analysis of Cato's Letters by John Tenchard and Thomas Gordon. Like Locke, "Cato" defines political...
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John Locke and the Ethics of Belief
Magazine article from: Anglican Theological Review; 10/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; John Locke and the Ethics of Belief. By Nicholas Wolterstorff...ones so far as matters of religion go. Locke, according to Wolterstorff's reading...this matter. Wolterstorff does not read Locke, as so many have and still do, as offering...
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John Locke
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
John Locke The English philosopher and political theorist John Locke (1632-1704) began the empiricist tradition...extent and capabilities of the human mind. John Locke was born on Aug. 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, 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'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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