John Locke

John Locke was born in 1632 in Wrington, Somerset, and died in 1704 in Oates, Essex. He began his studies at Westminster School and continued at Christ Church, Oxford, where he engaged in philosophy, theology, chemistry, and medicine. From 1666, he became associated with the family of Ashley Cooper, the Earl of Shaftesbury, took on the education of his son, and shared in his political fortunes. From 1674 to 1679, he stayed in France. In 1684, he sought refuge as a political exile in the Netherlands, from where he returned after the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and took on various public offices, which he resigned from permanently due to health reasons in 1700. His main works include: "A Letter Concerning Toleration" (1689), "Two Treatises of Government" (1690), "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" (1690), "Some Thoughts Concerning Education" (1693), "The Reasonableness of Christianity" (1695).