John Locke (Tessa Darcy)

Hello, I go by the name of John Locke. I was born on August 29, 1632, in Wrington, Somerset, England. Growing up my father was a country lawyer and military man who in fact served as a captain during the English civil war. Both my parents were puritans, and due to my dads connections to the English government, I was able to receive a superior education. As a boy I attended Westminster school and then Christ Church, and later studied medicine at University of Oxford. I obtained my bachelor's degree in medicine in the year of 1674. Early in my medical studies, I became acquainted with Lord Ashley, who was to become Earl of Shaftsbury. Overtime we evolved into close friends and Shaftsbury eventually persuaded me to move to London in order to become his personal physician. I assisted him in his business and political matters, and after he was made a judge, I became his secretary. At this point in my life, Shaftsbury instilled in me different philosophies and enlightening ideas about ways to better society. I became intrigued and motivated to make a difference and constructed my book Two Treatises of Government. The book displayed my revolutionary ideas concerning the natural rights of man and the social contract. The main idea of it overall was to highlight that we as humans are inherently and naturally good people. I believe that we must form a government that will protect our natural rights, and that if the current government is not pleasing, we obtain the right and duty to alter it.


“Being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.” 


“Revolt is the right of the people”

"Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself."

Me!!!

(Died October 28, 1704)