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    In Chapter 5 of John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government‚ Locke justifies the existence to private property. Locke starts the chapter off with a big picture. He introduces the idea that earth and everything on it belongs to all men‚ and God hand it to us in hopes that we use “reason to make use of it to the best advantage of life‚ and convenience” (§26 pp.18). With our given ability to reason and our right to preserve ourselves‚ God trust that we can utilize the common stock and make the world

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    with the statement that the violent and terror filled French revolution was in fact based on the ideas of the Enlightenment. John Locke is one of the most well known philosophers during the Enlightenment. John Locke states that "…if a long train of abuses‚ prevarications‚ and artifices‚ all tending the same way‚ make the design visible to the people…" Basically‚ John Locke is saying that under major circumstances a community has to unite to start a revolution that would better the nation. Another

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    form ideas of the purpose of education. These influential key thinkers such as John Locke‚ Mary Wollstonecraft and Jean-Jacques Rousseau had established concepts regarding the way learning should be carried out in education. Even with the works that have been carried out by numerous prominent key thinkers‚ views and opinions will be endlessly changing. In addition‚ with regards to the purpose of education‚ John Locke believed that “Children are like travellers newly arrived in a strange country”

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    John Locke- an English philosopher in the 17-18th century. The significance was that John Locke was the advocate for the idea of popular sovereignty during the Enlightenment era which led to the American‚ French‚ Haitian‚ and Latin revolutions. Sepoys- Indian troops under British command in the 18th century. The significance is the sepoys were the cause of the Indian rebellion in 1857 that made formally transformed India into a British colony. Berlin Conference- a conference during (1884-1885)

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    emerging from centuries of darkness and ignorance into an enlightenment period fueled by reason and science. The ones who sparked the enlightenment can be traced to the 17th century. They include the two political philosophers Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. Thomas Hobbes was born on April 5‚ 1588 and he was best known for his work on political philosophy. His book Leviathan established the foundation for most of Western political philosophy. In Leviathan‚ Hobbes set out his doctrine of

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    John Locke and his ideas about philosophy was a major influence on the American political system‚ not to mention many other political systems‚ too. His ideas were very universal‚ especially those regarding rights and freedom‚ two topics for which the United States of America is best known. Locke claimed that “there is a law of nature governing human beings and that it is knowable by human reason.” This law of nature is the basis of American politics‚ one by which we all live by today. This law included

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    1. State of nature‚ defined differently by all of us according to our own understanding‚ made lots of importance to English philosophers like Thomas Hobbes‚ John Locke‚ and Jean Jacques Rousseau. In the state of nature‚ there is no above authority or government for everyone’s safety and peaceful living; everyone is in their own matter‚ and there in no unity of people even living in the same city. Every individual is judge of their own deeds. Strong individual is allowed to crush the weak in any

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    revolutions of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries helped to spread Enlightenment ideals and (p. 782) 2. Revolutionaries of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century (p. 783) 3. John Locke wrote the Second Treatise of Civil Government. Which of the following was not one of John Locke’s main ideas? (p. 783) 4. Which one of the following was not one of the basic ideals of the Enlightenment thinkers? (p. 784) 5. Jean-Jacques Rousseau‚ in his Social Contract‚ argued that in

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    by two of the greatest English philosophers‚ John Locke and John Stuart Mill. Locke and Mill men will attempt to uncover the mysteries of Liberty and Freedom and unveil the importance of being free. This essay will look at John Locke’s principle works” Second Treatise of government” and John Stuart Mills. “ On Liberty and Other Essays”. This essay will attempt to compare and contrast Lockes ideology on Liberty and Freedom to that of Mill. John Locke was one of the greatest philosopher in Europe

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    1. John Locke and Thomas Jefferson are associated with what theory on government? John Locke and Thomas Jefferson both believe in natural rights‚ such as‚ equality and liberty. They also believe that although the government is needed and to give up what is necessary in order for everyone to benefit‚ the government do not have the right to deprive anyone from life‚ liberty and property. 2. The Conflict theory of government makes what claiming about Ruling Groups? The Conflict theory can be divided

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