John Locke
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John Locke was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of the Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism". His important works
Portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1697
An engraved memorial plaque to Locke at Oxford
Christ Church College, Oxford
John Locke, earliest known portrait, John Greenhill c. 1672-73
Two Treatises of Government
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Two Treatises of Government is English philosopher John Locke's principal work of political philosophy. It was published anonymously in 1689, after the Glorious Revolution, but likely drafted 1680-81
John Locke
…of the Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism". His important works include A Letter Concerning Toleration (1689), Two Treatises of Government (1689/90), both published anonymously, and An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689/90). His writing on toleration contends that religion is a…
Title page from the first edition
Title page from Filmer's Patriarcha (1680)