John Locke, a 17th century philosopher believed in natural rights, limited government and religion. All of Locke’s ideas became a foundation of philosophy all around America and Europe. His works helped him become the most know and important philosopher in the seventeenth century. Daniel Defoe, the author of Robinson Crusoe follows Locke’s philosophical thoughts. Locke believes that all knowledge comes from experience. He argues that people have natural rights, such as the right to life, liberty, and property.
Locke believes in a limited government. A primary role of government should protect private property of an individual. The government that he believes in does not have a monarchy. Locke wrote two treatises on how he thinks of the government. “Locke’s First Treatise of Government proved enormously important by clearing the philosophical desks, so to
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“What authority or call I had to pretend to be judge and executioner upon these men as criminals, whom Heaven had thought fit for so many ages to suffer unpunished to go on, and to be, as it were, the executioners of His judgments one upon another.” Pg. 171. People are entitled to their Property. The Land that belongs to whomever has improved it the most gets to have ownership. This is seen in Robinson Crusoe. Crusoe also believes that whoever improved the land gets ownership of it. He was the one that made and improved everything on the island.
Locke has a huge impact in the history of English writings and thought, such as how we think about ourselves; our relation to the world we live in, to God, nature and society. Locke postulates that knowledge is ideas and that we acquire through experiences. Hence he rejects the rationalist’s notion of innate ideas. Consequently, each mind starts off as a blank state known as Tabala Rasa. Locke believes that land ownership should go to the person that has improved it the