Locke
[lok]
- Al·ain Le·Roy [al-in luh-roi, lee-roi] /ˈæl ɪn ləˈrɔɪ, ˈli rɔɪ/, 1886–1954, U.S. educator and author.
- David RossPetroleum V. Nasby, 1833–88, U.S. humorist and journalist.
- John,1632–1704, English philosopher.
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Contemporary Examples
Chu left the administration in 2013, Locke went on to become Ambassador to China, and then resigned this year.
Locke mentioned it in his Second Treatise on Government; Milton dreamed of it in Paradise Lost.
Poet and Rake, Lord Byron Was Also an Interventionist With Brains and SavvyMichael Weiss
February 16, 2014
In his Second Treatise of Government, Locke helped lay the conceptual groundwork for the American rebellion.
Now instead of struggling over essay prompts that ask "Why do Hobbes and Locke have such different views of political authority?"
This meant that in a typical quarter, we read the works of Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau.
Historical Examples
Locke, yielding to the prejudices of the time, took the same ground.
The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII)John Greenleaf Whittier
Mr. Locke divides all arguments into demonstrative and probable.
Mrs. Locke's chinchillas are the finest ones in this country.
Concerning CatsHelen M. Winslow
Locke cannot be truly regarded as the author of sensationalism any more than of idealism.
MenoPlato
Miller owns this field, Locke that, and Manning the woodland beyond.
NatureRalph Waldo Emerson
Locke
- John. 1632–1704, English philosopher, who discussed the concept of empiricism in his Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690). He influenced political thought, esp in France and America, with his Two Treatises on Government (1690), in which he sanctioned the right to revolt
- Matthew. ?1630–77, English composer, esp of works for the stage
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