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John Locke Dbq Essay

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These four great minds are what shaped the future and paved a new way of thinking. They carved the world into what it is known as today. They were the ones who said that people make their own choices and should be given choice. They are the Philosophes. The great thinkers were John Locke, Adam Smith, Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet), and Mary Wollstonecraft. John Locke was born (August 29, 1632) right before the English Civil War. His father was an attorney who served under the Parliamentarian forces as a captain of the cavalry. Both of his parents were Puritans. Adam Smith’s father was a prosecutor and served as a comptroller of the Customs in Kirkcaldy. He would die two months after his son being born. Adam Smith was born on June 5, 1723. …show more content…

In a segment of, Of the State of Nature in Document A, John Locke writes, “We must consider, what state all men are naturally in, and that is, a state of perfect freedom to order their actions...within the bounds of nature.” In, Of the Dissolution of Government, one part of the segment is, “The people are at liberty to provide for themselves.” All of the evidence is from John Locke himself. He wrote both of the books, Of the State of Nature and Of the Dissolution of Government. Both segments of the document include people having the choice to their own …show more content…

In one of his many 20,000 letters he states that all people have the choice to hate each other, but it would be unwise to do so. In Document B, it explains what would happen if England decided to have only one or two religions. If England only chose to have one religion, then religion A would hate all other religions. Now, if England decided to have only two religions, then religion A & B would be constantly fighting each other. Since England has chosen to accept all religions, the country lives in harmony with the other religions. In the entire 2nd paragraph, it talks about how badly it would be to not accept or at least tolerate

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