John Locke

The Reasonableness of Christianity

Demonstration that Christian faith accords with reason and natural revelation

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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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