I love the idea that writings that were were written nearly 300 years ago have relevance in the show.*

I thought I would start this thread and ask that the discussion be kept to the relevant topic of the original John Locke, his writings and their relationship to the show/island.

I am including a list of all of Locke’s works I could find.* When you post something here please be sure to change the subject heading to the name of the relevant text. This will help keep track of things a bit better I think.

This is just a fun way for us to create some new and philosophical theories about the show.

LET THE BRAIN BENDING BEGIN

Letter on Toleration (1689)
Second Letter on Toleration (1690)
Two Treatises of Government (1690)
Essay concerning Human Understanding (1690)
Some Considerations of the Consequences of Lowering of Interest, and Raising the Value of Money (1691)
Third Letter on Toleration (1692)
Some Thoughts concerning Education (1693)
Further Considerations concerning Raising the Value of Money (1693)
The Reasonableness of Christianity (1695)
A Vindication of the Reasonableness of Christianity (1695)
A Second Vindication of the Reasonableness of Christianity (1695)
A Letter to the Bishop of Worcester (1697)
Discourse on Miracles (posthumous)
Fourth Letter for Toleration (posthumous)
An Examination of Father Malebranche's Opinion of Seeing all things in God (posthumous)
Remarks on Some of Mr. Norris's Books (posthumous)
Conduct of the Understanding (posthumous)

Neat Thread idea. Here is a link to a nice copy of Locke's 1689 Letter Concerning Toleration with a very brief explanation before the Letter text
http://www.libertystory.net/LSDOCLOCKELETTERTOLERATION.htm

Gilly

i know he made refrences to Tabula Rasa which was a philosophy from John Locke of the enlightenment