 | John Locke (August 29, 1932 - October 28, 1704) on State and Authority(published by RevoltSource) |
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English Philosopher and Physician, Widely Regarded as one of the Most Influential of Enlightenment Thinkers and Commonly Known as the "Father of Liberalism"
: An English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism". Considered one of the first of the British empiricists, following the tradition of Sir Francis Bacon, Locke is equally important to social contract theory. His work greatly affected the development of epistemology and political philosophy. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
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Quote #15 on Political Struggle Quotes >> State and Authority
“For a man's property is not at all secure, though there be good and equitable laws to set the bounds of it between him and his fellow-subjects, if he who commands those subjects have power to take from any private man what part he pleases of his property, and use and dispose of it as he thinks good...”
Source: Locke, John, "Second Treatise on Government," 1690. Chapter 11.
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