John Locke – Life Sketch Locke is the greatest figure in the history of political thought. ... Starting with 'Letter Concerning Toleration', which was followed by - 'Essay Concerning Human Understanding', 'Treatises on Civil Government', 'Second Letter on Toleration', 'Third Letter on Toleration' and 'Some Thoughts Concerning Education'. ... John Locke was considered to be the founder of Empiricism. ... Focusing on 'Treatise on Civil Government', he wrote it to disapprove the whole belief or doctrine of royal pr...

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MASTERWORKS OF POLITICAL THEORY Midterm Essay Niccolo Machiavelli, Martin Luther, Thomas Hobbes, and John Locke were four political theorists who shared a like mind in the need for the foundation of government and the extent to which its power and authority should reach. ... With this longing for protection and rest comes the need for civil order and the formation of a strong government. ... John Locke elaborates on the beliefs of Thomas Hobbes in his Two Treatises of Government. ... Locke also concerns himself more with the origins of political power and the ideas of liberty and freed...

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Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau while all being similar in many ways, also differentiate amongst themselves as well. ... John Locke in his book called The Second Treatise on Civil Government describes the government, or common-wealth as being a compilation of what its people have given up to the government. ... Locke believes that the government cannot harm the public because in the State of Nature there are certain inalienable rights that not even government can violate. ... John Locke has created a different set of actions that take place in the formation of a common-...

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