Project Gutenberg 2014-06-29 Public domain in the USA. 268 Fowler, Thomas 1832 1904 Locke E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "Locke" by Thomas Fowler is a philosophical biography written in the late 19th century. It chronicles the life of John Locke, a prominent English philosopher known for his influential ideas on empiricism, political philosophy, and religious toleration. The text is set to explore Locke's early life, his development of philosophical ideas, and the impact of his relationships and political experiences on his intellectual trajectory. The opening of the work introduces John Locke, detailing his early life in Wrington, England, and his upbringing in a politically active family. With context provided by the English Civil Wars, the narrative sets the stage for Locke's formative years, which were influenced by his father's legal career and the tumultuous socio-political landscape of the time. While Locke's schooling at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford is also highlighted, it emphasizes his discontent with aspects of the educational system and foreshadows the philosophical inquiries that would shape his later work. This early context is essential in understanding Locke's evolving views on knowledge, government, and society, themes that are likely to be developed in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46130/46130-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 50.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Locke, John, 1632-1704 B Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Biographies Category: British Literature Category: History - British Category: Philosophy & Ethics 424974 2025-06-18T16:02:26.720652 text/html 405403 2024-10-24T08:25:34 text/html 357183 2025-06-18T16:02:33.084566 application/epub+zip 361537 2025-06-18T16:02:28.013672 application/epub+zip 238731 2025-06-18T16:02:27.369624 application/epub+zip 487357 2025-06-18T16:02:37.289597 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 450474 2025-06-18T16:02:32.474574 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 328674 2022-09-21T04:19:46.681811 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 389407 2025-06-18T16:02:26.022650 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 369568 2024-10-24T08:25:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16001 2025-06-18T16:02:37.444513 application/rdf+xml 20390 2025-06-18T16:02:27.489612 image/jpeg 2713 2025-06-18T16:02:27.428574 image/jpeg 330464 2025-06-18T16:02:26.763614 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia