The English Enlightenment philosopher John Locke was born in Wrington, Somerset, about twelve miles from Bristol on August 29,1632. He was born into a Puritan family. His father was a lawyer and clerk to the Justices of the Peace in Chew Magna, who had served as a captain of cavalry for the early part of the English Civil War. His mother was a homemaker. In 1647 Locke was sent to the highly prestigious Westminster School In London, sponsored by a family friend, also a member of Parliament. After completing studies there, he was admitted to Christ Church, in Oxford. Though a very capable student, he was irritated by the undergraduate curriculum of the time. He did not find the classical material that was taught at Oxford as interesting as he did the works of more modern philosophers. Locke however still managed to move forward in his career and through a friend he was introduced to medicine and the experimental philosophy being pursued at other universities and in the English Royal......
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