After studying philosophy, medicine, law, and mathematics and graduating with multiple degrees Locke becomes a very important professor at Oxford Collage
Locke reads Rene Descartes' Discourse on the Method and likes what he reads. This work includes the famous quote "I think, therefore I am"
After studying philosophy, medicine, law, and mathematics and graduating with multiple degrees Locke becomes a very important professor at Oxford Collage
Anthony Ashley "Lord Ashley"
Anthony Ashley Cooper (Lord Ashley)
Locke who is now Ashley's personal physician supervises a liver opperation that saves Lord Ashley's life, and remarkably he lives another 15 years
England's Glorious Revolution; Locke is welcomed by the new king and returns to England
Locke writes his first draft of The Essay Concerning Human Understanding, in it are ideas on natural law; Based partially on the writngs of others
Locke's begins to write and promote the idea of a Social Contract, he may not be the first with the idea but his social status will make the idea popular
Locke's begins to write and promote the idea of a Social Contract, he may not be the first with the idea but his social status will make the idea popular
Locke's ideas about revolution against a government are linked to a plot to kill the king. Locke flees to Holland, many that agreed with him and Lord Ashley are arrested for treason and some are killed
Locke's ideas about revolution against a government are linked to a plot to kill the king. Locke flees to Holland, many that agreed with him and Lord Ashley are arrested for treason and some are killed
England's Glorious Revolution; Locke is welcomed by the new king and returns to England
Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke is published
Locke meets Sit Isaac Newton and they become friends
Locke meets Sir Isaac Newton and they become friends
Two Treaties of Civil Government by John Locke is published
Locke is appointed to British board of trade, and even though his health is failing, he is it's most influential member
John Locke dies
Thomas Jefferson borrows John Lockes's ideas to write the Declaration of Independance