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The 100 pages that link to John Locke, each with the reason it gives.

• Primary and secondary qualitiesRelated: He gave the distinction its influential early modern formulation in An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.

• Substance theoryRelated: His account of substance as an unknown support tests how much the theory can explain.

• Limited governmentRelated: Locke argued that political power is limited by the rights it exists to protect.

• Political ideologyRelated: Locke’s arguments helped shape liberal ideas about rights and legitimate government.

• Westminster SchoolRelated: Locke attended Westminster before entering the University of Oxford.

• A Treatise of Human NatureRelated: Hume develops and revises Locke’s empiricist account of the mind.

• History of educationRelated: His account of learning shaped debates about upbringing, instruction, and the developing mind.

• Individual libertyRelated: His account links personal freedom to rights that precede political authority.

• John NewberyRelated: Locke’s educational ideas helped frame the period’s debate about how children should learn.

• Garrett HardinRelated: Hardin’s proposed remedies for commons dilemmas invoked the political legitimacy of property and coercion.

• Thomas SydenhamRelated: Locke was Sydenham’s friend and medical collaborator, sharing an interest in experience-based knowledge.

• An Enquiry Concerning Human UnderstandingRelated: Hume inherits Locke’s empiricism while pressing its account of knowledge and causation further.

• TolerationRelated: His Letter Concerning Toleration shaped influential arguments for religious permission and exposed its historical limits.

• Anders ChydeniusRelated: Locke's defense of toleration offers a wider context for Chydenius's arguments on religious liberty.

• Laurence SterneRelated: Locke’s account of the association of ideas becomes a comic subject in Sterne’s novel.

• Philosophy of educationRelated: Some Thoughts Concerning Education links habits and experience to the formation of character.

• SocinianismRelated: Locke engaged with Socinian controversies while developing arguments about Christianity and toleration.

• An Essay Concerning Human UnderstandingRelated: Locke developed the Essay’s account of experience, ideas, and knowledge.

• Cultural liberalismRelated: His account of rights helped shape liberal arguments for limits on authority.

• Quality (philosophy)Related: His distinction between primary and secondary qualities recast the debate around perception.

• Coloring bookRelated: His educational ideas helped shape the broader culture of learning through activity.

• Enlightenment philosophyRelated: His account of rights and consent became a major source for liberal political arguments.

• Government (form of rule)Related: His account of consent helped shape arguments for constitutional and representative rule.

• History of democracyRelated: His arguments influenced later defenses of representative government and popular consent.

• History of liberalismRelated: His account of consent and rights became a foundational statement of early liberal thought.

• Matthew PriorRelated: Locke was Prior’s contemporary at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford.

• Natural rights and legal rightsRelated: His account of life, liberty, and property became a major model of rights preceding government.

• Right-libertarianismRelated: His account of property and legitimate government became a lasting source for libertarian arguments.

• SecularityRelated: His case for religious toleration helped articulate limits on civil authority over belief.

• The Life and Opinions of Tristram ShandyRelated: Sterne adapts Locke’s account of association and personal identity for comic storytelling.