Complete Philosophy Political Essays of John Locke

Locke widely known as the Father of Classical Liberalism, was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers. Considered one of the first of the British empiricists, following the tradition of Francis Bacon, he is equally important to social contract theory. His work greatly affected the development of epistemology and political philosophy. His writings influenced Voltaire and Rousseau, many Scottish Enlightenment thinkers, as well as the American revolutionaries. His contributions to classical republicanism and liberal theory are reflected in the United States Declaration of Independence.


Contents

Toleration (1689)

An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume I. (1690)

An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume II. (1690)

Second Treatise of Government (1690)


Toleration (1689)

For on Earth, who against Faith and Conscience can be heard infallible? Yet many will presume: whence heavie persecution.Translated by William Popple.