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John Locke is born in England
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After studying philosophy, medicine, law, and mathematics and graduating with multiple degrees Locke becomes a very important professor at Oxford Collage
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Locke reads Rene Descartes' Discourse on the Method and likes what he reads. This work includes the famous quote "I think, therefore I am"
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After studying philosophy, medicine, law, and mathematics and graduating with multiple degrees Locke becomes a very important professor at Oxford Collage
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Anthony Ashley "Lord Ashley"
Anthony Ashley Cooper (Lord Ashley) -
Locke who is now Ashley's personal physician supervises a liver opperation that saves Lord Ashley's life, and remarkably he lives another 15 years
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England's Glorious Revolution; Locke is welcomed by the new king and returns to England
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Locke writes his first draft of The Essay Concerning Human Understanding, in it are ideas on natural law; Based partially on the writngs of others
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Locke's begins to write and promote the idea of a Social Contract, he may not be the first with the idea but his social status will make the idea popular
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Locke's begins to write and promote the idea of a Social Contract, he may not be the first with the idea but his social status will make the idea popular
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Locke's ideas about revolution against a government are linked to a plot to kill the king. Locke flees to Holland, many that agreed with him and Lord Ashley are arrested for treason and some are killed
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Locke's ideas about revolution against a government are linked to a plot to kill the king. Locke flees to Holland, many that agreed with him and Lord Ashley are arrested for treason and some are killed
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England's Glorious Revolution; Locke is welcomed by the new king and returns to England
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Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke is published
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Locke meets Sit Isaac Newton and they become friends
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Locke meets Sir Isaac Newton and they become friends
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Two Treaties of Civil Government by John Locke is published
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Locke is appointed to British board of trade, and even though his health is failing, he is it's most influential member
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John Locke dies
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Thomas Jefferson borrows John Lockes's ideas to write the Declaration of Independance