Three Basic Views of Property: The Correlation of an Idea John Locke's ideas on general property, Karl Marx's ideas of labor and wages, and Adam Smith's ideas on the rent of property and the circumstances that balance employment seem to correlate. ... John Locke was very passionate about his feelings toward what man's rights were, and what his needs were. ... Adams Smith's views on property were more concerned with the wages and profit, and with the rent of land. ... Smith also thought that when one has property, he is entitled to lend it out, and in return, cha...

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His task in life was to make "well-ordered music in the honor of God." (528 John Spielvogel, Western Civilization) This showed that not everyone had disregarded God or religion in favor of "reason." ... (534 John Spielvogel, Western Civilization) Now, here is a thought, "can we say that the Enlightenment Period brainwashed us?" ... John Locke, who was a major figure of the Enlightenment, figured that people were molded according to the environment in which they live, (516 John Spielvogel Western Civilization). ... Adam Smith, the father of modern economics today wrote about "free trade," "t...

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Philosophes like Adam Smith used economic reasoning to develop a system of division of labor and economic liberty for the people. These ideas, as well as the ideas of John Locke, who thought that we were born without preconceived ideas, were used to invent a nation: the United States of America. ...

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