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John Locke
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John Locke
John Locke
(; 29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) was an English
philosopher
and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of
Enlightenment
thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of
Liberalism
". Considered one of the first of the British
empiricists
, following the tradition of Sir
Francis Bacon
, he is equally important to
social contract
theory. His work greatly affected the development of
epistemology
and
political philosophy
. His writings influenced
Voltaire
and
Rousseau
, many
Scottish Enlightenment
thinkers, as well as the
American revolutionaries
. His contributions to
classical republicanism
and
liberal theory
are reflected in the
United States Declaration of Independence
.
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