John Locke
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John Locke was a 17th-century English philosopher whose ideas on natural rights, government by consent, and the social contract became foundational to modern liberal political thought.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Locke canonical | 126 |
| Locke | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T42034 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: John Locke Context triple: [United States Declaration of Independence, influencedBy, John Locke]
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David Hume
David Hume was an 18th-century Scottish philosopher and historian known for his influential empiricism, skepticism, and naturalistic approach to human understanding.
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Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon was an English philosopher, statesman, and pioneer of the scientific method whose works laid the foundations for modern empirical science.
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John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill was a 19th-century British philosopher and political economist known for his influential works on utilitarianism, liberty, and liberal democratic theory.
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Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza was a 17th-century rationalist philosopher whose works on metaphysics, ethics, and religion profoundly influenced Enlightenment thought and modern philosophy.
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Adam Smith
Adam Smith was an 18th-century Scottish economist and philosopher best known as the author of "The Wealth of Nations" and a foundational figure in classical economics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: John Locke Target entity description: John Locke was a 17th-century English philosopher whose ideas on natural rights, government by consent, and the social contract became foundational to modern liberal political thought.
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A.
David Hume
David Hume was an 18th-century Scottish philosopher and historian known for his influential empiricism, skepticism, and naturalistic approach to human understanding.
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B.
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon was an English philosopher, statesman, and pioneer of the scientific method whose works laid the foundations for modern empirical science.
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C.
John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill was a 19th-century British philosopher and political economist known for his influential works on utilitarianism, liberty, and liberal democratic theory.
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D.
Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza was a 17th-century rationalist philosopher whose works on metaphysics, ethics, and religion profoundly influenced Enlightenment thought and modern philosophy.
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E.
Adam Smith
Adam Smith was an 18th-century Scottish economist and philosopher best known as the author of "The Wealth of Nations" and a foundational figure in classical economics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Enlightenment thinker
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empiricist philosopher ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ political philosopher ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1632-08-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1704-10-28 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Christ Church, Oxford
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Westminster School ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName |
John Locke
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Locke
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| fieldOfWork |
education theory
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epistemology ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ religious philosophy ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| influenced |
Bill of Rights
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surface form:
Bill of Rights (United States)
Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ James Madison ⓘ Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ Thomas Jefferson ⓘ United States Constitution ⓘ American Declaration of Independence ⓘ
surface form:
United States Declaration of Independence
Voltaire ⓘ liberal political thought ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Isaac Newton
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René Descartes ⓘ Robert Boyle ⓘ Thomas Hobbes ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
government by consent
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natural rights ⓘ religious toleration ⓘ social contract ⓘ theory of knowledge ⓘ |
| movement |
classical liberalism
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empiricism ⓘ liberalism ⓘ social contract theory ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
labor theory of property
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right of revolution ⓘ separation of powers (influence) ⓘ tabula rasa ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Letter Concerning Toleration
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding ⓘ Some Thoughts Concerning Education ⓘ The Reasonableness of Christianity ⓘ Two Treatises of Government ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
England
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Somerset ⓘ Wrington ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
England
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Essex ⓘ High Laver ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
physician
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secretary to Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury ⓘ |
| religion |
Anglicanism
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Protestantism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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Subject: John Locke Description of subject: John Locke was a 17th-century English philosopher whose ideas on natural rights, government by consent, and the social contract became foundational to modern liberal political thought.
Referenced by (128)
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