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[[Image:Jdfu6r7.JPG|right|thumb|John Locke]]

[[Image:Jdfu6r7.JPG|right|thumb|John Locke]]

'''John Locke''' (1632-1704) was the leading political philosopher during the Enlightenment, whose ideas helped the American colonists form a new government. Locke described society as a contract between individuals called the "social contract", and held that the formation of collectives by individuals was the only way to ensure economic prosperity (see his ''Second Treatise on Government'').  

'''John Locke''' (1632-1704) was the leading political philosopher during the [[Enlightenment]], whose ideas helped the [[American]] colonists form a new government. Locke described society as a contract between individuals called the "social contract", and held that the formation of collectives by individuals was the only way to ensure economic prosperity (see his ''Second Treatise on Government'').  

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