The Works of John Locke, vol. 1 (An Essay concerning Human.
John Locke’s theory seems to be still influencing the capitalist societies around the world in seeking justifications by the name of freedom to trade and own. His theory also supported in celebrating rights to property and protection of those rights being recognized as part of human rights.
John Locke: Natural Rights and Natural Duties Gary B. Herbert The political problem John Locke inherited from Thomas Hobbes was to pro-duce a theory of natural rights that would not preclude the possibility of entering peacefully into civil association. The problem, as it was portrayed by Hobbes, is.
Locke's theory of mind is often cited as the origin of modern conceptions of identity and the self, figuring prominently in the work of later philosophers such as David Hume, Rousseau, and Immanuel Kant. Locke was the first to define the self through a continuity of consciousness.
JOHN LOCKE AND NATURAL LAW W. VON LEYDEN, D.Phil. IT has been said, and few would deny, that John Locke is as im-portant as the founder of philosophical liberalism as he is as the founder of the empiricist theory of knowledge. Though he was a most versatile thinker, writing on philosophy, politics, medicine, education.
Locke’s literature - specifically his book The Two Treatises of Government - was the key to many of his contributions. “By far the most influential writings emerged from the pen of scholar John Locke” (Powell, Jim). In this book, Locke discusses the need for three natural rights, the right to property, life and liberty. All three rights.
John Locke: Property Rights Perhaps one of, if not the, most historically influential political thinkers of the western world was John Locke. John Locke, the man who initiated what is now known as British Empiricism, is also considered highly influential in establishing grounds, theoretically at least, for the constitution of the United States of America.
John Locke (1632-1704) Locke could conceivably be considered the greatest English philosopher; he was certainly one of the most influential. He made major contributions to philosophy in the areas of consciousness and politics, and his writings on the latter subject proved very influential in many countries that revolted against unjust rule.