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| John Locke (1632-1704), The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy |
John Locke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"John Locke (August 29, 1632 – October 28, 1704) was an influential English philosopher and social contract theorist. He developed an alternative to the Hobbesian state of nature and argued a government could only be legitimate if it received the consent of the governed and protected the natural rights of life, liberty, and estate. If such a consent was not achieved, Locke argued in favour of a right of rebellion. ..." |
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| 29 Aug 1632, in Wrington, Somerset, England |
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| Died |
| 28 Oct 1704, in Oates, Essex, England |
| Biography |
John Locke
Oregon State University, Philosophy Department |
| Articles |
| John Locke: His American and Carolinian Legacy, by George M. Stephens |
| John Locke—Natural Rights to Life, Liberty, and Property, by Jim Powell, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, Aug 1996 |
Boxer's Confusion about Ownership, by Tibor R. Machan, 4 May 2007
Related Topics: Property Rights, Communism
Explains the absurdity of California Senator Barbara Boxer's statement that public lands are "owned ... by the American people"
"The American idea, laid out in the political theory of John Locke, is the right to private property. It is this right that makes possible, if property defended in the legal system, the freedom of diverse uses of lands and other property, uses that will serve the purposes of a highly diverse population." |
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The Growth of Libertarian Thought in Colonial America, by Murray N. Rothbard, Conceived in Liberty
Related Topics: Algernon Sidney
Chapter 33
"There were two strains in Locke's Essay: the individualist and libertarian, and the conservative and majoritarian ... But the individualist view is the core of the philosophic argument, while the majoritarian and statist strain appears more in the later, applied portions of the theory." |
| Writings |
A Letter Concerning Toleration, 1689
Originally "Epistolia de Tolerentia", translated by William Popple |
| Books Authored |
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, 1689
Related Topic: Epistemology
Electronic text available at Institute of Learning Technologies, Columbia University |
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The Second Treatise of Civil Government, 1690
Related Topic: Government
Electronic text available at The University of Adelaide Library Electronic Texts Collection |
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