John Locke (1632–1704) concerned himself primarily with society, where his views are often contrasted with those of Thomas Hobbes, and with epistemology, where he is usually placed alongside ...

Photo: CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images I think we give John Locke too much credit (“ John Locke’s Lesson for the Taliban ” by Mustafa Aykol, Houses of Worship, May 13).

In this declinist account, John Locke is often singled out as the lead villain. For Pierre Manent, Locke is the quintessential modern whose work is “central in every sense of the word” to ...

The 17th-century philosopher John Locke heavily influenced the American founding. The Heritage Foundation’s Joseph Loconte explains what advice Locke might have for America today.

John Locke has a new article out, although he died in 1704. When England’s King Charles II discovered a failed 1683 assassination plot against himself and his brother, he beheaded the plotters ...

Locke considered that every well-educated young person should study the works of Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), Samuel von Pufendorf (1632-1694) and Richard Hooker (1554-1600).

There is a dispute going on in the blogs over John Locke and self-defense. Firmin DeBrabander, an associate professor of philosophy at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, wrote about ...

The strange philosophy of a "left libertarian".Culture John Locke Lite The strange philosophy of a "left libertarian". Tom Palmer | From the January 2005 issue ...