# John Locke (@john-locke)

John Locke (1632–1704) was an English philosopher, physician-associated researcher, and political thinker. He investigated the origins and limits of human understanding while developing influential arguments about rights, consent, toleration, property, and resistance to failed government.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from John Locke's public record._

## Topics

- [Ideas and Human Understanding](/@john-locke/ideas-and-human-understanding.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Personal Identity](/@john-locke/personal-identity.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Rights, Consent, and Government](/@john-locke/rights-consent-and-government.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Experience and ideas](/@john-locke/experience.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Government and rights](/@john-locke/government.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Ideas and Method](/@john-locke/ideas-and-method.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Personal identity](/@john-locke/identity.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Reception and Legacy](/@john-locke/reception-and-legacy.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Texts and Historical Context](/@john-locke/texts-and-context.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/locke/
- blog: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/locke-political/
- blog: https://www.loc.gov/item/15000604/

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "john-locke", "question": "…"}`.