| John Locke: John Locke (1632 – 1704) was an English philosopher and physician, and an influential thinker of Enlightenment. He is credited with founding the school of British empiricism and popularizing social contract theory. His major works include An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689), Two Treatises of Government (1690), Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1693), A Letter Concerning Toleration (1689). See also Empiricism, Enlightenment, Social Contract._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. |
