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Natural Law

The School of Philosophy was an intellectual group of
philosophers. They developed new ways of thinking about religion and government.
was based on moral principles, but the overall outlook changed with
the times.
John Locke was a great philosopher from the middle of the 17th century.
He was a primary contributor to the new ideas concerning natural law of that
time. He argued that humans in the state of nature are free and equal, yet
insecure in their freedom. When they enter society, they surrender only such
rights as are necessary for their security and for the common good. He also
believed that each individual retains fundamental prerogatives drawn from
natural law relating to ...

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the Value of Money (1691)
• Third Letter on Toleration (1692)
• Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1693)
• Further Considerations Concerning Raising the Value of Money (1693)
• The Reasonableness of Christianity (1695)
• A Vindication of the Reasonableness of Christianity (1695)
• A Second Vindication of the Reasonableness of Christianity (1695)
• A Letter to the Bishop of Worcester (1697)
• Discourse on Miracles
• Fourth Letter for Toleration
• An Examination of Father Malebranche's Opinion of Seeing All Things
in God
• Remarks on Some of Mr Norris's Books
• Conduct of the Understanding

Locke's greatest philosophical contribution is his Essay Concerning
Human Understanding. In the winter of 1670, five or six friends were talking in
his room, probably in London. The topic was the "principles of morality and
revealed religion," but arguments arose and no real progress or serious
discussion took place. Then, ...

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