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  2. Pine Tree Flag - Wikipedia

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    The pine tree is a traditional symbol of New England. The phrase "appeal to heaven" appears in John Locke's Second Treatise on Government, where it is used to describe the right of revolution. The flag is the official maritime ensign for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, though the script was removed in 1971.

  3. John Locke - Wikipedia

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    John Locke's portrait by Godfrey Kneller, National Portrait Gallery, London. John Locke (/ l ɒ k /; 29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704 ()) [13] was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of the Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism".

  4. Semiotics - Wikipedia

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    John Locke (1690), himself a man of medicine, was familiar with this "semeiotics" as naming a specialized branch within medical science. In his personal library were two editions of Scapula's 1579 abridgement of Henricus Stephanus ' Thesaurus Graecae Linguae , which listed σημειωτική as the name for ' diagnostics ' , [ 9 ] the branch ...

  5. Deism - Wikipedia

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    The appearance of John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690) marks an important turning-point and new phase in the history of English Deism. Lord Herbert's epistemology was based on the idea of "common notions" (or innate ideas). Locke's Essay was an attack on the foundation of innate ideas. After Locke, deists could no longer ...

  6. File:John Locke Signature.svg - Wikipedia

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    The following other wikis use this file: Usage on af.wikipedia.org John Locke; Usage on ar.wikipedia.org جون لوك; Usage on ary.wikipedia.org

  7. Tabula rasa - Wikipedia

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    The notion is central to Lockean empiricism; it serves as the starting point for Locke's subsequent explication (in Book II) of simple ideas and complex ideas. As understood by Locke, tabula rasa meant that the mind of the individual was born blank, and it also emphasized the freedom of individuals to author their own soul. Individuals are free ...

  8. Two Treatises of Government - Wikipedia

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    Locke claims in the "Preface" to the Two Treatises that its purpose is to justify William III's ascension to the throne, though Peter Laslett suggests that the bulk of the writing was instead completed between 1679–1680 (and subsequently revised until Locke was driven into exile in 1683). [4]

  9. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding - Wikipedia

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    An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is a work by John Locke concerning the foundation of human knowledge and understanding. It first appeared in 1689 (although dated 1690) with the printed title An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding.