John Locke

Some Thoughts Concerning Education

Educational treatise on rearing children for virtue, reason, and good health

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John Locke
John Locke

English philosopher who founded liberalism and empiricism. His Two Treatises of Government argued for natural rights, consent of the governed, and the right to revolution, directly inspiring the American Declaration of Independence. His Essay Concerning Human Understanding established the mind as a blank slate shaped by experience.

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