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2 days ago · John Locke's portrait by Godfrey Kneller, National Portrait Gallery, London. John Locke (/ l ɒ k /; 29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704 ) [13] was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism".
5 days ago · The Library was refounded and grew: people including John Locke and Sir Walter Raleigh presented copies of their works. Come and see some highlights of the Library’s collections including Robert Burton’s copy of Michael Scot’s Mensa Philosophica (1603), purchased this year with the generous support of the Friends of the Nations’ Libraries and the magnificent Library Donors’ Book.
5 days ago · Voltaire was a versatile and prolific writer. In his lifetime he published numerous works, including books, plays, poems, and polemics. His most famous works included the fictitious Lettres philosophiques (1734) and the satirical novel Candide (1759).
- “Voltaire” is the pen name under which French author-philosopher François-Marie Arouet published a number of books and pamphlets in the 18th centur...
- Voltaire believed above all in the efficacy of reason. He believed social progress could be achieved through reason and that no authority—religious...
- Voltaire dominated the discourse of his era. In his writing, he left virtually no subject untouched. Voltaire wrote on subjects as distinct as meta...
2 days ago · Philosopher John Locke argued that the authority of government stems from a social contract based on natural rights. According to Locke, the authority of government was limited and required the consent of the governed.
2 days ago · FROM code-switching to holding internal debates with philosophers such as John Locke and Voltaire, African-American author Percival Everett’s bold new novel titled James radically changes the narrative perspective in Mark Twain’s classic novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from that of a white boy (Huckleberry Finn) to an enslaved Black man (Jim, or James). Read more at The Business Times.
1 day ago · Liberalism, the belief in freedom, equality, democracy and human rights, is historically associated with thinkers such as John Locke and Montesquieu, and with constitutionally limiting the power of the monarch, affirming parliamentary supremacy, passing the Bill of Rights and establishing the principle of "consent of the governed".
5 days ago · The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others. John Locke (1632 - 1704) British Philosopher. Quotations are extremely effective at capturing and concisely communicating thoughts and ideas.
