One of the most impactful historical figures was John Locke. Raised much like other, but grew into an insightful human being. Locke was educated and used his knowledge to help others who were uneducated and didn’t understand the unnatural laws in the world. John Locke was an European who was born in 1632, during the time of the scientific revolution. He grew up hearing about the greats before him and set himself to be one of them. Locke did the only thing he knew how to in order to get people’s attention; He wrote. He wrote about how life should be and how people can make their own destiny. There was no doubt that Locke cared for the people and future generations as time moved forward to compensate the constant changing happening around the world. Locke elaborated what the human mind is and how everyone starts the same. No one was wired to follow the laws and principles set by government officials. He believed that everyone had a right to be their own person. Everyone is the same. Everyone is changing with time and whether times are hard or good, there are some things everyone should have. That is the law of nature. Locke embraced the idea and wrote about it to …show more content…
As time changed, Locke’s philosophy was reintroduced. One of the most popular phrase from Locke was life, liberty, property. Locke believed that everyone is entitled to life, liberty, and could own land. The philosophy came back into the light during America’s Declaration of Independence. More people began to follow that philosophy and that became the foundation to what American is now. Locke gave us life, Locke gave us liberty, and Locke gave us property. Human beings are adaptable to their surrounding and doing what they hear or what is taught to be right doesn’t change our rights. Our rights are to do what we please in the company of others to benefit each other as a whole. Everyone was equal and Locke knew that and wanted everyone else to know as