John Locke

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John Locke

• Julia Lee, Annissa DeSilva, and Gia Schutzer

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Early Life

• Born August 29th,1632 in Wrington, England
• Educated at Westminster School and Christ Church
  in Oxford
• Graduated as Bachelor of Medicine
• Gained masters degree in 1658
• Became tutor of the college
• Became friends with Lord Ashley of Shaftesbury
• Befriended Isaac Newton in 1688 after studying
  Principia

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Later Life

• At age 54 began publishing a lifetime of study
• Writing
• 1689 An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
• Empiricism
• Ability and limits of the human mind to
  comprehend
• 1690 Two Treaties of Civil Government
• 1691 Some Concentrations of the Consequences of
  lowering of Interest
• 1693 Some Thoughts Concerning Education

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Government Philosophy

• Governments should not regulate interest rates
• Value of is not equal to the amount in
  circulation
• System of checks and balances to regulate
  individual power
• If government violates individual rights, people
  have right to rebel
• Government is morally obligated to serve the
  people

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Natural Right Beliefs

• Everyone had rights simply by being born life,
  liberty, and property (government)
• Actions of all people determined whether they
  would be saved
• No predestination

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Influence on Separation from England

• Inspired libertarian ideals of the American
  Revolution
• Inspired Thomas Paines radicals ideas toward the
  Revolution
• Important thinker of liberty