John+Locke

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===John Locke was one of the most influential people during the enlightenment. He had this idea that monarchs were not needed. He believed that every human had three rights that no body could take away life, liberty, and property. Modern democracy is based on his ideas. He was the one who thought of the idea of where people had the power to over throw their ruler. He was born in 1632-1704. Here is a quote from john Locke "Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins whereby all mankind are set on work, and guided". He had positive view of human nature and used the scientific method. He was a Great thinker during the age of enlightenment. He was the one who was encouraging the revolution.=== ===**He was an English political theorist who focused on the structure of governments. He wrote a book on his ideas on government Two Treatises of Government (1690) in which he emphasized on the idea of a representative government that would best serve all constituents. He influenced Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau.He was an important philosopher who expanded and extended the work of Francis Bacon and Thomas Hobbes. He argued for personal liberty with respect to property.**===