us history

Throughout centuries humans have attempted to increase their form of living in their society. Influential people such as John Locke, Baron de Montesquieu, and Thomas Hobbes have set a stage for technological advances that made a major impact on how people look at the world. These important theologians have different views on nature as well as the different kinds of government that they proposed. Each one of these philosopher's ideas have influenced the modern American government of today.
John Locke’s philosophy was that every human is born equal. He believed that knowledge comes to us by going through experiences. Locke’s view that experiences produces ideas. Everyone is born with an empty mind ready to acquire knowledge through the five senses. He said that ideas come from two sources. One of them is sensation that provides ideas about the external world and reflection or introspection, which provides the ideas of the internal workings of the mind. According to Locke, man existe...