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John Locke was a British philosopher that had wide spread influence among the Enlightenment thinkers of the 17th century. Known for challenging the idea of an innate human nature, Locke was the first philosopher to define the self via a continuity of consciousness, rather than a born identity.
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Fast Facts:
- Born: August 29, 1632 in Wrington, Somerset
- Educated at Christ Church College
- 1679 was suspected of radicalism by the government and forced to move to Holland
- Developed the idea that humans were born a "blank slate"
- Wrote Essay Concerning Human Understanding
- Wrote on Ethical Theory in his essay The Reasonableness of Christianity in [[1695]
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Tabula Rasa
Tabula Rasa was a seminal theory conjured by John Locke based on the idea that people are not born with innate ideas, as was the traditional doctrine of the day influenced by the Christian Church. Locke believed that knowledge was sprung from sensation, which proceeds to reflection. The theory included two qualities: (i) the primarily qualities of things and (ii) secondary qualities (such as sound and color). Locke believed that since the impact of the world effects the senses, action produces ideas that represent a reality. -
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John Locke Timeline
- August 29, 1632: Born
- 1660: Befriends chemist Robert Boyle
- 1667: Becomes personal physician to Anthony Ashley Cooper, first Earl of Shaftesbury
- 1683 - 1689: Exile in Holland
- 1688: Essay Concerning Human Understanding published
- 1689: Meets and befriends Isaac Newton
- 1690: Two Treatises of Civil Government published
- 1696: Appointed to Board of Trade which regulated British colonial holdings overseas
- October 28, 1704: Death
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Thomas Hobbes: So very nasty brutish and short John Locke: Now now, you shouldn't be so hard on yourself
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RT @Spazyone http://twitpic.com/r4aw1 - Terry O'Quinn who plays John Locke on LOST. I saw him at Pipeline today. I (cont) http://tl.gd/12qbm
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RT @Spazyone http://twitpic.com/r4arv - Terry O'Quinn who plays John Locke on LOST. I saw him at Pipeline today. I (cont) http://tl.gd/12qbb
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and now i'm watching an episode of alias guest starring quentin tarantino as, ya know, probably some annoying douchebag. WHERE'S JOHN LOCKE?
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Every man must some time or other be trusted to himself.~John Locke
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