History of John Locke

*A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world. *I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts *The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts John Locke was born near Bristol, England, on August 29, 1632; and was educated at Westminster School, where Dryden was his contemporary, and at Christ Church, Oxford. Of the discipline then in …

…formation of a school system.But it is as a philosopher that Locke's fame is greatest. He was the ancestor of the English empirical school, and he exercised a profound influence on philosophic thought throughout Europe. Almost all the main lines of the intellectual activity of the eighteenth century in England lead back to Locke, and the skepticism of Hume is the logical development of the principles laid down in the "Essay Concerning Human Understanding."