A Persona of John Locke

 John Locke was an english philosopher born in August 29, 1632 in Wrington, United Kingdom. He was mostly regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism. John Locke was influenced by a lot of people such as, Hugo Grotius, Ren© Descartes, Robert Filmer ect. Some of John quotes are What master you, worries you., No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience. Later John Locke passed away in October 28, 1704, High Laver, United Kingdom.

        John Locke also made philosophical ideologies, such as Social Contract, State of nature ect. I will be talking about those 2 ideologies. Social Contract means an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits, for example by sacrificing some individual freedom for state protection. Theories of a social contract became popular in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries among theorists such as Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as a means of explaining the origin of government and the obligations of subjects. More about Social contract is the government fails to secure their natural rights (Locke) or satisfy the best interests of society (called the "general will" in Rousseau), citizens can withdraw their obligation to obey, or change the leadership through elections. the idea that the state exists only to serve the will of the people, who are the source of all political power enjoyed by the state. The people can choose to give or withhold this power. The idea of the social contract is one of the foundations of the American political system.

        The state of nature is among the most compelling political logicians of the advanced period. In the Two Treatises of Government, he protected the case that men are ordinarily free and equivalent against cases that God had made all individuals normally subject to a ruler.

        In conclusion John Locke was a great, smart, scholar philosopher. John Locke is important to our society in somewhat and he did very good things for our society. 

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