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The manuscripts and books left to King, however, remained with King's descendants (later the Earls of Lovelace), until most of the collection was bought by the Bodleian Library, Oxford in 1947. Locke had some of his books interleaved, meaning that they were bound with blank sheets in-between the printed pages to enable annotations.

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Central to all of them is hisbeliefthat every individual can achieve salvation with the aid of the scriptures. Locke’s account of political society is based on a hypothetical consideration of the human condition before the beginning of communal life.Locke became involved in politics when Ashley became Lord Chancellor in 1672 (Ashley being created 1st Earl of Shaftesbury in 1673). Locke's father, also named John, was an attorney who served as clerk to the Justices of the Peace in Chew Magna [20] and as a captain of cavalry for the Parliamentarian forces during the early part of the English Civil War. Only half of the books in Locke's library were printed in England, while close to 40% came from France and the Netherlands. Locke redefined subjectivity, or self, leading intellectual historians such as Charles Taylor and Jerrold Seigel to argue that Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689/90) marks the beginning of the modern Western conception of the self. The Bodleian also holds a copy of Robert Boyle's General History of the Air with corrections and notes Locke made while preparing Boyle's work for posthumous publication (MS Locke c.

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George Washington, the first president of the United States, once described Locke as “the greatest man who had ever lived.

He was not only known as liberalism, but he was also regarded as the founder of empiricism and influential philosopher who not only imparted his home country but also greatly influence 18th century America. One passage from the Second Treatise is reproduced verbatim in the Declaration of Independence, the reference to a "long train of abuses". He goes on to outline the economics of these schools, arguing not only that they will be profitable for the parish, but also that they will instil a good work ethic in the children.

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Probably in February 1671 Locke and a group of friends had gathered to consider questions ofmoralityand religion. He did not see the Act of Union of 1707, but the thrones of England and Scotland were held in personal union throughout his lifetime. He also includes gold or silver as money because they may be "hoarded up without injury to anyone", [59] as they do not spoil or decay in the hands of the possessor. He believes that silver and gold, as opposed to paper money, are the appropriate currency for international transactions. In this respect the Two Treatises was a response to the political situation as it existed in England at the time of the exclusion controversy, though its message was of much more lasting significance.

The right to rule by descent from Adam’s first grant could not be supported by any historical record or any other evidence, and any contract that God and Adam entered into would not be binding on remote descendants thousands of years later, even if a line of descent could be identified. For our next stop in re-discovering and celebrating all things London, we visited Aldgate with House Host Riley - home to both Leman Locke and Buckle Street Studios. We’ve officially partnered with London Design Festival to celebrate our home city as a world-leader in art and design. The text also explores the distinction between the “primary” and “secondary” qualities of physical objects, with primary qualities including permanent characteristics such as size and shape and secondary qualities, including how humans experience the objects with their senses. John Kenyon, in his study of British political debate from 1689 to 1720, has remarked that Locke's theories were "mentioned so rarely in the early stages of the [Glorious] Revolution, up to 1692, and even less thereafter, unless it was to heap abuse on them" and that "no one, including most Whigs, [was] ready for the idea of a notional or abstract contract of the kind adumbrated by Locke".