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Why did John Locke reject absolute monarchy?

What was John Locke's argument against the divine right of kings? 

What does John Locke believe is the chief purpose of government?

How do Locke's and Hobbes's views of human nature differ? Which do you think is more accurate?

How did John Locke prove the existence of God in his books?

Explain Locke's view of the mind as a tabula rasa, the concept of experience, and the import of the distinction between primary and secondary qualities within Locke's theory of knowledge.

According to John Locke, when do people have the right to overthrow their govenrment? 

What was John Locke's point of view on education?

What makes John Locke a modern thinker?

What are the "natural rights" of man, where did they come from, and how are they "self-evident"?

Compare and contrast the political philosophies of Hobbes and Locke. 

Explain Locke’s criterion for personal identity over time. Account for Locke’s distinction between man and person and the thought experiment of the prince and the cobbler. Explain Hume’s view of personal identity, or the bundle theory of the self.

What is the social contract for Locke?

John Locke believed that our experiences tell us about the nature of reality. But how could we ever know if Locke's belief is true, since we cannot jump outside our experience to compare it with reality?

Do you agree with Hobbes's assertion that human rights are limited to the legally defined rights of a country or Locke's idea of human rights as innate and unalienable?

What is Locke's basic philosophy?

Examine potential areas of similarity in Locke and Hobbes.

What did John Locke believe in?

I need help understanding John Locke's emphasis on the importance of learning in perception.

How does research on size constancy, restored vision, perceptual adaptation, and perceptual set serve to support and/or refute John Locke's perception theory?

How do we compare and contrast the account of natural law in Hobbes and Locke?

How does John Locke's idea of the social contract compare to Thomas Hobbes's ideas?

What impact did John Locke have on the ideas behind the American Revolution?

Do the founding documents of the United States follow the philosophical ideas of John Locke? Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Constitution

From the writings of René Descartes, John Locke, and David Hume, how did they communicate their thinking to the larger population? What were the effects it brought to their culture, and the effects it brought to us today?

How did theology impact John Locke?

How do John Locke's ideas on the purpose, scope, and limits of government compare to those of Aristotle and Thomas Hobbes?

What are the problems John Locke addresses in A Letter Concerning Toleration?

Discuss the influences upon John Locke's writing.

What is prejudice, according to Locke in Conduct? Can it be overcome? How? By contrast, what is Rousseau’s strategy for combatting prejudice in Emile? In your view, which strategy is better? Why?