Chapter Vii. John Locke 145

THE ENLIGHTENMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN 145 JOHN LOCKE, LIFE AND WRITINGS (1632–1704) 147 1. Student Life (1632–1666) 147 2. As Politician (1666–1683) 148 3. As Philosophical Author (1683–1691) 149 4. As Controversialist (1691–1704) 149 THE SOURCES OF LOCKE’S THOUGHT 150 1. His Puritan Ancestry 150 2. His Training in Tolerance 150 3. The Scientific Influence 151 4. The Political Influence 152 SUMMARY 153 THE PURPOSE OF LOCKE 153 TWO SIDES OF LOCKE’S PHILOSOPHY 155 (a) The Negative Side――Locke and Scholasticism 156 (b) The Positive Side――The New Psychology and Epistemology 157 LOCKE’S PSYCHOLOGY 158 LOCKE’S THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE 160 LOCKE’S PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY 162 THE INFLUENCE OF LOCKE 163 THE ENGLISH DEISTS 164 THE ENGLISH MORALISTS 166 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF THE ENGLISH MORALISTS 168