https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZiWZJgJT7I
The 17th century English philosopher, John Locke,
is to be remembered for his wise and brilliant contributions
to three great issues that continue to concern us to this day:
how we should educate our children,
who should rule over us,
and what we should do about people who have different religious ideas to us.
Locke was born into a quiet Somerset village in 1632.
He was 10 years old when the English civil war broke out,
and his father became captain in the parliamentary army.
King Charles I was publicly executed in 1649, just a few feet away from where Locke was studying:
at Westminster School.
The screams of the crowds heard in the library marked him deeply.
Locke went on to study medicine at Oxford
and planned to be a doctor,
but his life changed significantly when, by chance,
he became acquainted with the dashing and highly ambitious Greek politician, Antony Ashley Cooper--
known as the "First Earl of Shaftesbury," who'd come to Oxford to look for a cure for a liver disease he had.