Historical Reflection

1. John Locke was one of the most influential philosophers during the Enlightenment period who created many philosophies during his lifetime, some that still inspire modern norms of society. I have a feeling that John Locke would be the hippy-type of college characters living at the end of the hallway on your floor in your dorm building, or playing hackie sack while 'chill-axing' on the quad. I have a feeling that he would be very popular without being a 'conformist'.

2. "Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain. " I absolutely love this quote because it does show his rebellious side against the conformities of families.

3. I have chosen this person because he sort of helped the world escape from the atheists/VS/religion mindset, the age of enlightenment was a massive step forward in society, and some of his own ideologies of asking questions and thinking of for yourself has helped me.  Right before John Locke released his most famous book, there was the European War on Religion, and most people either were for religion or against it, until Locke wrote about Tolerance, and how Religion could be accepted, only if it were to be rationalized of sorts. 

4. Not quite sure, primary sources almost universally mean first hand encounters or first hand speaking quotes and what not, if so I'm not sure, so I will just list 3 quotes by John Locke:

"All wealth is the product of labor." is really the quote that inspired me to think of John Locke as a peaceful, free spirit, but the: "I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts." is a really sort of odd thing to say, completely true to do this, in my opinion, because sometimes my actions represent my words better.


"No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience." I really think this quote should be used more around the HTHMA workplace, since its basically our education/curriculum theory, working on experiences cause better knowledge. Some people are auditory learners, some visuals, but everybody learns from experiences, no matter what.