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Locke's view helped lay the foundation for the [[constitutional republic]]an form of [[government]] that we use in the [[United States]]. Locke had built on the prior work of fellow Englishmen [[Francis Bacon]] and [[Thomas Hobbes]].

Locke's view helped lay the foundation for the [[constitutional republic]]an form of [[government]] that we use in the [[United States]]. Locke had built on the prior work of fellow Englishmen [[Francis Bacon]] and [[Thomas Hobbes]].

Locke is also famous for his theory of the ''tabula rasa'', or "blank slate", which he is said to have first conceived while spending many hours of fruitless effort on a math problem as a boy.  

Locke is also famous for his theory of the ''tabula rasa'', or "blank slate", which he is said to have first conceived while spending many hours of fruitless effort on a math problem as a boy. This contrasted the conservative theory of "innatism" that had been developed by [[Plato]] and promoted until the Enlightenment.

Although integral to the founding of America as well as the concept of liberty, there is some evidence and criticism, including by [[Christopher Ferrara]], that his views were also an enhancement of Hobbes' statist views, and essentially advocated for man to be a brute unconstrained by natural law.<ref>https://distributistreview.com/liberty-god-that-failed/</ref>

Although integral to the founding of America as well as the concept of liberty, there is some evidence and criticism, including by [[Christopher Ferrara]], that his views were also an enhancement of Hobbes' statist views, and essentially advocated for man to be a brute unconstrained by natural law.<ref>https://distributistreview.com/liberty-god-that-failed/</ref>