John Locke Research Paper

John Locke, a renowned physician and philosopher, was born on August 29, 1932, in a small village in the English county of Somerset, Wrington. His father worked as a country lawyer and served as a caption in the Parliamentarian forces during the English civil war. His parents were staunch Puritans, and thus, he was raised with Puritan sentiments as well. Due to his father’s services for the Parliamentarian forces and allegiance to the new English government, Locke received brilliant academic opportunities. In 1647, he was admitted to the Westminster School in London. He received the distinguished honor of earning the title of a ‘King’s Scholar’, an award presented to a very few selected students, and it provided John with the opportunity to attend the prestigious Christ Church, Oxford in 1652. At Oxford’s most prestigious school, he studied logic, metaphysics and classical language. He graduated in 1656, and two year later, he returned to Christ Church to pursue a Masters in Arts degree. During this period, he took up various tutorial jobs at the college. He was elected as a Fellow at the Royal Society, in 1668. In 1674, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in medicine.

He moved to London, and his duties increased along with the rise in Shaftsbury’s position. Locke began assisting the earl on business and political matters, and upon Shaftsbury’s promotion to Chancellor, John Locke was appointed his secretary of presentations. Shaftsbury strong political influence in the parliament had a strong impact on Locke’s professional and political training. Locke composed the Two Treatises of Government, where he presented his ideas of the natural rights entitled to human beings and also put forward the social contract. This document, later, served as an influence for the American and French