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Early life
Born August 29 1632
Died October 28 1704
Went to a boarding school at 14
Father fought for Cornwall but was influenced by royalists at school
Book 1 (TToG)
A refutation of Robert Filmer’s Patriarca
A refutation of Robert Filmer’s Patriarca (1/2)
Filmer: monarchy is divinely ordained, hereditary, and absolute.
Filmer: Adam has ultimate authority over the world and all mankind
Locke: Parental authority is joint and shared, and it is not hereditary
A refutation of Robert Filmer’s Patriarca (2/2)
Locke: When Adam was given authority, there were no other people.
Locke: The Divine Right of Kings will always lead to the downfall of government
Locke: Both Bible history and world history refute Filmer’s ideas about Adam
Book 2
Locke’s theories of government and social rule
Locke’s theories of government and social rule
a. the state of nature - everyone is equal and everyone has the right to their own possessions and actions
b. conquest and slavery - since god has authority, no individual has ultimate authority over another, an enslaved person has a moral obligation to pursue freedom
c. property - life, liberty and possesions, society exists for the protection of property, governments are valid when they recognize were god’s property
2/2
d. representative government - exists through the consent of people, enforces and occasionally creates laws
e. right of revolution - when their rights are violated they can rebel
An essay concerning human understanding
To know truth, we must first account for error
Anything considered an “innate idea” or a “self evident truth” is an unwarranted belief
Our natural senses account for all the knowledge
We learn through instruction and reflection
No idea is present in our minds until we have observed or reflected it
