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    Rene Descartes and John Locke were two very bright Philosophers long before we were all born. Between these two there are similarities as well as differences‚ a lot like anything we compare and contrast today. Descartes‚ a man who was born in France and then grew up loving mathematics. Locke‚ who was born in England and grew up to be a very popular philosopher and physician. These two philosophers really made a drive for future philosophers to look back on and reflect Descartes and Locke’s practices

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    Comparing John Locke against David Hume : Empiricism John Locke and David Hume‚ both great empiricist philosophers who radically changed the way people view ideas and how they come about. Although similar in their beliefs‚ the two have some quite key differences in the way they view empiricism. Locke believed in causality‚ and used the example of the mental observation of thinking to raise your arm‚ and then your arm raising‚ whereas Hume believed that causality is not something that can be known

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    John Locke has had a great impact on governments‚ other leaders and equality during the Enlightenment‚ thus making him the most influential leader of that era. Locke’s literature - specifically his book The Two Treatises of Government - was the key to many of his contributions. “By far the most influential writings emerged from the pen of scholar John Locke” (Powell‚ Jim). In this book‚ Locke discusses the need for three natural rights‚ the right to property‚ life and liberty. All three rights pertained

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    Intrigued by the notions of inalienable rights‚ John Locke became known as a 17th century English philosopher of the enlightenment. Born on August 29‚1632‚ Locke possessed a good deal of influence because of his connection with England and the United States. John Locke had a plethora of Philosophical theories. I will further elaborate on the idea of Locke’s thoughts on inalienable rights. One might first begin with addressing the question of what are Inalienable rights? To this I answer

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    John Locke and Rene Descartes were two of the most influential philosophers of the 17th century. The two of them both sought answers to aid them in understanding things about knowledge‚ such as how we attain it and what exactly it is‚ and they also had differing opinions about whether or not there was absolute certainty in knowledge. Although it can be said that the philosophies of Locke and Descartes were different‚ I believe that they have a few things in common. Both Locke and Descartes definitions

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    Locke believed that people are born a free human being. His main idea is his writing was that if a government should fail the people of the country have the right to become or create a new government. The same rules apply if the citizens decide the government is using their power in the wrong ways. As well as the other philosophers and more to come as I write‚ John Locke wrote many books and was a very influential enlightenment thinker

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    John Locke Tacit Consent

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    will argue that Locke’s notion of consent‚ especially consent of the governed makes revolution more likely to occur within society. Locke promotes the right of the people to overthrow leaders who betray them. Furthermore‚ the executive and legislative entities coexist autonomously to keep each other in check (this can be seen as an early form of checks-and-balances). Locke insists that if a leader breaks the community’s trust‚ the people can and should replace him immediately. Correspondingly‚ if the

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    John Locke was a British Philosopher born in 1632. His death was in 1704. He was a very important political figure. Modern government can be credited to his philosophy. Locke believes that religion is s key part in explaining man’s nature and driving force in life. Locke believes that we are all born a ‘blank slate’ or tabula rasa. That everyone is born equal no matter what class or religion. He thought that everyone is born pure‚ and without knowledge or pre-disposition to life. Locke theorized

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    Locke Vs Descartes

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    researching Locke’s ideas and how they ultimately derive from experience‚ as well as examining his account of the origin of the idea of God‚ it is evident that Descartes’ alternative source of our idea of God challenges and contradicts Locke’s account. Locke states‚ “Experience is the source of all our ideas” (366b). On the other hand‚ Descartes says the following about God: “ God a certain substance that is infinite‚ independent supremely intelligent and superbly powerful…” (51b). Following these concrete

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    Locke Vs Kant

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    with this scientific method is the Mind’s Eye Model of Perception‚ which is the theory that any object you look at is just your own perception and others will have a different perception of the seemingly same object. Three philosophers of the time‚ Locke‚ Hume‚ and Kant‚ were big proponents of the scientific method and used it in each of their ideas behind morality. While all three follow this way of inquiry‚ Kant’s theories abide by the method better because he proposes

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