John Locke Research Paper

Locke’s Rapid Rise to an Influential Innovation "Of all the men we meet with, nine parts of ten are what they are, good or evil useful or not, by their education. Tis this that makes the great difference in mankind." (Locke) John Locke explains in this quotation, the importance of education. Locke is a man to stress education and he expresses in this quote how education is what makes a man. He believes no matter a man's propensity, naturally, or a man's born inclinations, it is his education in which will determine what a man is or how he will become as in individual. Therefore, this conveys that an education is not solely about one understanding facts or forming a higher intellect, it is rather about constructing a specific type of personality …show more content…
John was born into a wealthy family and consequently had an open window to a greater education. In London at Westminster School is where he received his education, then later on in the University of Oxford at Christ Church. After having the firm education he pursued and accomplished, Locke established a career in politics but then ventured more concentration and time on human life. He began to write about human rights and humans in general. His conception of humans was that everyone enjoyed experiences and feelings the same. Because of his previous studies, politics, John correlated his perception and notions of human equality to politics. He translated the concepts and concluded and confirmed government's power come from the people, substantially. Fundamentally, John Locke is an important figure in history, and more specifically in the Enlightenment and American Revolution because of his theoretical concepts of education's importance …show more content…
His father was a small landowner who fought on Parliament's side during the English Civil war of the 1940s. He was also an attorney in Pensford, England. Before going to a school John was tutored at home due to the outbreak of civil war and his delicate health. His father placed him, John, in the elite Westminster School by using his wartime connections when he was only fourteen.. John's mother died while he was a baby so him and his only brother, Thomas, were raised by their father. John taught Greek and philosophy at Christ Church, Oxford. However, the only way he could continue working there was if he officially consecrated a minister. He did not wish to pursue so, so he instead changed his studies to medicine and later on obtained a license to practice. Locke's work became very influential and he became a great philosopher with writing topics such as political, epistemology, and education. "Locke was remarkably moderate, and there was no anti-religious element in his thought."(NWE) He made many noble friends that were either scholars or in the government or politics. Eventually Locke moved to London to become the personal physician of Earl of Shaftsbury who before was Lord Anthony Ashley Cooper, the parliamentarian. Early when studying medicine, in 1666, he met Earl of Shaftsbury and they became good friends. Locke helped him throughout the grown of his reputation and eventually became

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