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Political philosophy of John Locke (Paperback)
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Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Philosophy -
Philosophy of the 17th and 18th Centuries, grade: 1,0, University
of Applied Sciences in Schmalkalden, course: Political Philosophy,
12 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Today
in most western countries the political structure is characterized
by a democratic system and the separation of powers. Moreover
individual liberty and property rights are for most western states
self-evident qualities. But to achieve these political modern
comforts it took a long time of development. In this connection one
of the key pathfinders and masterminds for democratic system was
John Locke. John Locke's philosophical works can be seen as a part
of the Enlightenment.More and more thinkers examined the nature of
existence, the way of thinking, the justification of religion and
political power. There were different streams in arguing and
different point of views. In this connection John Locke is
considered one of the founders of the British Empiricists and also
a very important representative and developer of the Social
Contract Theory. His ideas had huge influence on the development of
epistemology and political philosophy, and he is widely regarded as
one of the most influential Enlightenment thinkers and contributors
to liberal theory. His writings influenced many Enlightenment
philosophers, as well as the American revolutionaries. The
objective of this paper is to highlight the basic ideas of John
Locke's political philosophy. To classify his philosophy and the
way it was influenced, it is necessary to give a short overview
over the historic conditions and brief biography of Locke's life.
This is done in the second chapter. Based on this, the third
chapter is dealing with Locke's political philosophy itself. In
this connection, especially the reasons for forming a political
society and the extent and share of political power are in the
centre of this examination. In the last chapter the influence of
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