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Locke, John
Locke, John (1632–1704) English philosopher, a founder of empiricism and political liberalism. Both his major works were published in 1690. In
Two Treatises of Government he justified the Revolution of 1688 by arguing that, contrary to the theory of the divine right of kings, the authority of rulers has a human origin and is limited. In
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding he denied that any ideas are innate, and argued instead for a central empiricist tenet that all knowledge is derived from sense-experience. He concluded that it is not possible to know everything of the world and that our limited knowledge must be reinforced by faith.
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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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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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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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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 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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LOCKE JUMPS AHEAD OF CRASWELL IN THE MONEY RACE.(News)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 10/30/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gary Locke has outraised Republican candidate...the most noteworthy contributors to Locke is John Huang, the embattled former finance...contributors were legal. Huang gave Locke a total of $325. His wife, Jane...
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Locke, John
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Locke, John ( b . Wrington, Somersetshire, England...England, 28 October 1704) philosophy. John Locke was the most important British philosopher...in that county. His father, also named John Locke, was a less prosperous lawyer and clerk...
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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 (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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