John Locke

John Locke’s political philosophy rests upon the inalienable rights of individuals. In his Second Treatise of Government, Locke argued that individual property rights are supreme and that the legitimacy of government is derived from the governed.

Hulton Deutsch

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Education, History of; Locke, John; Philosophy, Western; Liberalism; Empiricism; Enlightenment, Age of

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