John Locke Timeline :)

In 1647, John Locke went to the Westminister School in London, which is where he earned a King's Scholar. This led him to be accepted into Oxford, which is a great cause in Locke becoming the philosopher he is now remembered as.

In 1652, John Locke attended Oxford's Christ School, where he was taught of humanism and scientific questioning/reasoning. One of John Locke's main concepts was humanism, and believing in the good of human beings, so the education in which he received at Oxford was where he became much more familiar with what he would soon be known for.

John Locke spoke against religious toleration, by using basic absolutism. As his life continues though, Locke becomes enlightened, and the comparison between this work and A Letter Concerning Toleration really shows his ability to be open minded, and base his beliefs off of reasoning.

This was one of Locke's earlier pieces, in which he laid down many of his philosophical outlooks, yet mainly focusing on Natural Law (Life, Liberty, and Property). A lot of human reasoning is also used throughout the work to support claims of natural rights, which really reflect and foreshadow all of his later work.

John Locke getting into the Royal Society was a huge accomplishment. It meant that he offered something that could improve society, in which was usually something to do with natural law. John Locke had so many different and new ideas, many of which were built on the idea of natural law and human reasoning.

John Locke wrote A Letter Concerning Toleration, and it laid down his ideas on church-state separation, as well as his thoughts going toward toleration. He believed that toleration was a christian value, and that it must be upheld unless someone/something is proven intolerant. This way of thinking was not very common, and was a very enlightened way of thinking.

In John Locke's Two Treatises of Government, Locke argues for natural rights of Life, Liberty, and Property, in which he firmly believes in. In this work, he also attacks the Divine Right of Kings, for which he does not believe in, especially after seeing King Charles I executed.

In John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, John Locke dives into his thoughts on humanism, including human reasoning, mostly on why humans are good, and can ration. Goes into a representational democracy, and why human reasoning supports it.

John Locke based a sum of his ideas around toleration, his "perfect society" was built around the idea of toleration, and especially his thoughts on government.

John Locke pushed extremely hard for toleration, and it did pay off, as he influenced many with his work, such as Thomas Jefferson with the Declaration of Independence. Locke's ideas became the basis in which new ideas and theories, especially those around human reasoning, could be formed.