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Locke,John — Locke, John. 1632 1704. English philosopher. In An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690) he set out the principles of empiricism, and his Two Treatises on Government (1690) influenced the Declaration of Independence. * * * … Universalium
Locke, John — born Aug. 29, 1632, Wrington, Somerset, Eng. died Oct. 28, 1704, Oates, Essex English philosopher. Educated at Oxford, principally in medicine and science, he later became physician and adviser to the future 3rd earl of Shaftesbury (1667–72). He… … Universalium
Locke, John — (1632–1704) English philosopher. Locke was born in Wrington, Somerset and educated at Oxford, where he seemed destined for a career in medicine. In 1666 he met Anthony Ashley Cooper, later the 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, who became his friend and… … Philosophy dictionary
Locke, John — (1632 1704) Perhaps the greatest English philosopher, Locke, a rationalist Protestant, deeply influenced metaphysics, philosophy of language, political philosophy and epistemology. While he pioneered work in religious freedom and the social… … Christian Philosophy
Locke, John — (1632 1702) An English philosopher and political theorist. The seventeenth century revolution in physical science found in Locke one of its principal philosophical advocates. With dubious consistency, Locke combined together the leading doctrines … Dictionary of sociology
Locke, John — (1632–1704) Philosopher. Locke was born in Wrington, England, and was educated at the University of Oxford. He is remembered as the author of the famous Essay Concerning Human Understanding, in which he argued that all knowledge is derived… … Who’s Who in Christianity
Locke, John — ► (1632 1704) Filósofo inglés. Es considerado el máximo representante del empirismo. Su mentalidad liberal y progresista se trasluce en todos sus escritos. Negó la existencia de las ideas innatas y, considerando el entendimiento como una tabula… … Enciclopedia Universal
LOCKE, JOHN — English philosopher, the father of modern materialism and empiricism, born in Wrington, Somerset; studied medicine, but did not practise it, and gave himself up to a literary life, much of it spent in the family of the celebrated Earl of… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Locke, John — (1632–1704) English philosopher … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
Locke, John — (1632 1704) Philosopher, s. of a landsteward, was b. at Wrington, near Bristol, and ed. at Westminster School and Oxf. In 1660 he became lecturer on Greek, in 1662 on Rhetoric, and in 1664 he went as sec. to an Embassy to Brandenburg. While a… … Short biographical dictionary of English literature
