LOCKE, JOHN

(1632-1704), Eng. philosopher; s. of a Puritan who fought in Civil War; ed. at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, becoming tutor there, 1660. He was influenced _by the philosophy of Des cartes, became interested in theol., and then studied “med. and politics. In 1666 he became -sec. to Lord Ashley (ater Earl of ‘Shaftesbury 6 and remained so till haftesbury’s imprisonment, 1681. He “was in France, 1675-79. Suspected by “the government, he fled to Holland, “and returned to England in 1689. His E ay Concerning Human Understanding which appeared in 1690, had been fn his mind for years. His Epistola de Tolerant i a was pub., 1689, likewise “Two Treatises on Government. In 1691 “he pub. The Reasonablene of Christiantiy ‘as Delivered in the Scriptures. He was a commi ioner on the Board of Trade, “1696-1700. In his later years he mostly ‘stuaied theol., and wrote theological “and other works.