Because of his father's connections and allegiance to the English government, Locke received an outstanding education. His father was a country lawyer and military man who had served as a captain during the English civil war.īoth his parents were Puritans and as such, Locke was raised that way. Influential philosopher and physician John Locke, whose writings had a significant impact on Western philosophy, was born on August 29, 1632, in Wrington, a village in the English county of Somerset.
Locke's writings helped found modern Western philosophy. He became a highly influential philosopher, writing about such topics as political philosophy, epistemology, and education. At Oxford, he studied medicine, which would play a central role in his life. John Locke went to Westminster School and then Christ Church, University of Oxford.
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