He was concerned about human understanding, during his childhood explode a civil war in England and I guess that gave his life a new meaning. He studied medicine, after he travel to Germany he enter to the court and got really important positions, he was really good friend of the count. After some political problems he escaped to france where he met important scientist. He came back to London but goes to The Netherlands when the count died.
As we can see his life was not that easy and his experiences led him to write " A Letter Concerning Toleration" where he made a distinction between religion and politics and of course between the government interests compared to the church's interests, he also wrote an essay based on human understanding and civil government. He was an empiricist, and hat liberal ideas, for example the theory of rights which are really important for us now a days specially the pursuit of happiness, completely opposite to an absolutist regime.
He also talks about the separation of powers, what we live everyday, legislative, executive and judicial.
His ideas about politics, economy and education are remarkable for our daily lives.
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