John Locke on Government and Politics “Government has no other end than the preservation of property.” “… tyranny is the exercise of power beyond right …” “The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches...
洛克，1690 英国人 洛克 被视为世界上最重要的政治哲学家之一，他的“第二次政府论”已被证明是政治上的自由国家的开创性文件之一。在美国政府的制度是建立在洛克的思想，包括人民的最终主权等核心前提下，对任意权力的行政机关或立法机关保持克制的必要性，以及社会契约的人可撤销当权力被任意用来对付他...
In 1688, King James II was overthrown by a group of Parliamentarians. This was the result of what is now known as the Glorious Revolution, or the Revolution of 1688. Naturalist and political philosopher John Locke was present to witness these events...Theriault, Sawyer A...
John Locke set the foundation for the government of the United States (1). Locke was born August 29, 1632 in Wrington, United Kingdom and died on October 28, 1704 in Essex, United Kingdom(2). He was from a wealthy family, therefore his dad sent him to Westminster School; he then we...
John Locke, one of the most influential writers in history, profoundly affected the principles upon which the government of the United States was founded. He leaves a legacy of thoughts on human understanding, religion, economics, and politics that still influence the structure, environment, and ...
Locke believed, contrary to claims that God had “made all people naturally subject to a monarch”, that people are “by nature free.”(Tuckness). This belief was the foundation of his philosophy on Government. To Locke, a Government existed, among other things, to promote public good, and...
Locke's Ideal Government With nearly two thousand years between their ground-breaking works, the philosophical writers Aristotle and John Locke had very contrasting outlooks on governments and the role they have in the city-state. For Aristotle, the role of government is fairly broad, and when ...
John Locke quotes on government and law 1. “The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.”–John Locke ...
Doing so would protect from the political domination Britain was pressing on the American colonists. Many of the revolutionaries and founders of the early United States government based the logic of the American Revolution on the work of 17th-Century English philosopher John Locke. He believed that...
Locke, John: Two Treatises of Government Zusammenfassung Die rechts- bzw. staatsphilosophische Schrift erschien anonym 1690, wurde allerdings deutlich vor der Glorious Revolution von 1688/89 verfasst. Der erste Traktat ist eine Polemik gegen Sir Robert FilmersPatriarcha or The Natural Powers of ...