Thursday, October 1, 2009
John Locke and the enlightment
John Locke is a guy who influenced and improved future democracy and other things to constitutional things to America. Also he heavily influenced Thomas Jefferson. John Locke was a smart enlightment thinker than other people. Locke had a modern human view of nature. What this means he sees humans that there all born the same and equal and should be treated all alike. John locke would think that life, property, and liberty would be the three major things that he thought as an enlightment thinker. John had a purpose to all of this and he would try to protect these natural rights. Locke would think that if these natural rights were not protected then people would have the right to over throw government and proceed with these rights. He would have meetings in Paris were he would in salons were rich people were and disccuss these ideas which later on it becomes modern democracy. He woul talk about how power was separated in the government which were the branches of checks and balances. John Locke would be influenced alot by many other people bu also other people were influenced by him.
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