John Locke Research Paper

John Locke was born on August 29, 1632. He was born in a quaint village, called Wrington, in the county of Somerset, to two Puritan parents. His father was a captain in the English Civil War, and was a country lawyer. With his father being so involved with the English government, Locke was blessed to receive the best education out there.

John Locke's, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690), was first criticized by the philosopher and theologian, John Norris of Bemerton, in his "Cursory Reflections upon a Book Call'd, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding," and appended to his Christian Blessedness or Discourses upon the Beatitudes (1690). Norris's criticisms of Locke prompted three replies, which were only posthumously published. Locke has been viewed, historically, as the winner of this debate; however, new evidence has emerged which suggests that Norris's argument against the foundation of knowledge in sense-perception that the Essay advocated was a valid and worthy critique, which Locke did, in fact, take rather seriously. Charlotte Johnston's "Locke's Examination of Malebranche and John Norris" (1958), has been widely accepted as conclusively showing that Locke's replies were not philosophical, but rather personal in origin; her essay, however, overlooks critical facts that undermine her subjective analysis of Locke's stance in relation to Norris's criticisms of the Essay. This paper provides those facts, revealing the philosophical—not personal—impetus for Locke's replies.

There he lay as a normal infant, red and whimpering. How does the mind of a baby grow to become one of the greatest political philosophers the world has known? From his response to the Puritan upbringing by his father, to “The Reasonableness of Christianity”, which John Locke published just five years before his death, John Locke's life demonstrates how God uses a mind dedicated to honest pursuit of ultimate Truth.

I will argue that Leibniz's argument is plausible as it explains that there could not be a system of thinking matter because it does not go beyond what we cannot already explain. Leibniz's Mill Argument is sufficient in explaining the unlikelihood of the physical brain being able to produce thought, this idea requires natures to explain the phenomenon. Locke's account of the Super Addition Argument which explains that it is possible that there could be a system of thinking matter, and it is a decent one. Locke does not say that it is possible that thinking matter exists, but instead takes a more agnostic approach by saying we do not know, and will probably never know whether matter can think or not.

Essay I agree with Document B… Locke, because he basically believes about the government begin by nature and everyone. He said “it teaches all mankind of being equal and independent”. “No one should harm another’s life, health, liberty or professions”. I also agree with having independence and freedom without harm. Naturally with freedom and have your own opinion. Well disagreeing with another basically telling your opinion of State of Nature. Not depending on one another but more of nature. Hobbes believes that everyone is selfish and just terrible but Locke believes of independence and believes we shouldn’t spoil anything God has created of this world also with Political powers. He speaks about opinions are okay and are spoken freely. Living

George Washington one said, ''Bless my family, kindred, friends and country, be our God and guide this day and forever for His sake, who lay down in the grave and arose again for us, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.'' It is hard to believe that Washington was the commander of the revolutionary family, and that he would become the first president of the United States of America. For his bravery and sacrifice and the victories he achieved, he was one of the most important people in the history of the United States.

Thomas Jefferson was and still is a very important face in history. Not only was he the third president of the United States, he was a lawyer, a magistrate, a county lieutenant, a member of the House of Burgesses, as well as a member of the Continental Congress. Most importantly he was one of our Founding fathers who helped shaped our destiny.

In Chapter five Locke says, that the earth can be used by the people for their survival, protection, or anyway in which they could benefit from it. This is where I got a little confused. So then if everything on the earth belongs to everyone then what is individual property? I read it over and over and I’m not sure if I have the right answer but I’ll try. Everyone owns there own body, and all the work they do they do with their body. When a person works with their body on something that thing becomes their own because they did the work. And he also says that there is some sort of limit that people can’t take more than they can use. He uses acorns or other fruits as an example and says, “But how far has he given it us? To enjoy. As much as any one can make use of to any advantage of life before it spoils, so much he may by his labour fix a property in: whatever is beyond this, is more than his share, and belongs to others.” (Locke 20-21) He later says that if someone has too many fruits he could trade them for money.

Thomas Jefferson was an influential american philosopher and statesman years before being nominated then elected for presidency of the United States. He began his political career in 1769, where he served as a representative in the Virginia House of Burgesses. Jefferson was able to rise to fame during the American Revolution, a philosophical event, as one of the most famous spokesmen of the time. He believed in a beneficent natural order in the moral as in the physical world, freedom of inquiry in all things, and man’s inherent capacity for justice and happiness, and he had faith in reason, improvement, and progress (Gale Cengage Learning par. 4). His political belief becoming the embodiment of Enlightenment liberalism, setting the theory of an empire with equal, self-governing states under a common rule. When the Revolution began Jefferson took seat in the 2nd Continental Congress as the legislative draftsman. During the conference, Jefferson

Thomas Paine was born in Thetford, Norfolk that is located in England. His parents were Joseph and Frances Cocke Paine. Joseph worked as a Quaker staymaker while his mother Frances was not only an Anglican but also the daughter of a local attorney. Thomas sister died moments after her birth hence, Thomas had no sibling. Therefore, this resulted in Thomas receiving maximum attention from his parents. At his teen, Thomas attended Quaker meeting and it is from this that R. R. Palmer believes that Thomas received his individual characteristic habits of mind especially not only to his humanitarian disinclination to cruelty but also the faith that he had instilled in his judgments (Wilson 16). Thomas was already a corset apprentice to his father

John Locke was born in 1632. He grew to become one of the most influential philosophers and was seen as the father of the Enlightenment. Locked studied at the Christ Church of Oxford in 1658 (AR). At Oxford he studied medicine which impacted his beliefs a great deal. His most famous works include First Treatise of Government, Second Treatise of Government, and Letter Concerning Toleration (AR). In his treatises he proclaimed that absolute monarchy was not the proper way to govern. These beliefs about a monarchy started in him at a very young age. His Letter Concerning Toleration claims that governments do not have the right to interfere with citizen’s creeds unless they are a threat to the greater good. Locke’s ideas became foundational for Europe and America. In his Letter Concerning Toleration Locke shows that the magistrate needs to be a judge of earthly struggles and not to focus on religious procedures which is necessary because these are struggles that happen in every culture.

John Locke, an environmentalist, characterized a child’s mind as a blank sheet of paper, clean slate, a tabula rasa. He said, “It is more accurate to think of the child’s mind as a blank slate, and whatever comes into the mind comes from the environment (Crain, 1980 pp.7).” The environment in which children are raised and motivated will play a key factor in their future education. Locke suggested introducing reading materials to children very early, as soon as they can could talk. Locke recognized that children learn best when they are engaged with the subject materials. Learning things like numbers and letters can be made fun and more enjoyable for the child when paired with a game or a video. Reading can be made more gratifying when the child is stimulated with an

The Enlightenment was a time of discovery and innovation, for political and personal philosophy. The main purpose of the enlightenment was to understand the world through different approaches this was a time where knowledge was learned and gained throughout this time especially through a philosopher called John Locke who had ideas on freedom of religion and the rights of citizens and also wrote two books in order to show his points those books are called “Two Treatises of Civil Government” and “An Essay Concerning Human Understanding” where he starts to discuss political power, state of nature, difference between state of nature, and state of war, functioning of property and the way the government should be run in the “two treatises of civil government” and for “human understanding” Locke discusses three goals of this his ideas are to discover “where ideas come from” “to ascertain what it means to have these ideas and what an idea essentially is” and “to examine issues of faith and opinion to determine how we should proceed logically when our knowledge is limited”