It was a world in political turmoil, where the parliament and the kings of the dominant power, England, traded places in influencing people lives by overthrowing each other periodically. It was the 17th century. People cried out for a new and concise guideline of how to govern their nation. Among that great thinkers of the time there emerged one, John Locke, who introduced a unique and effective political theory. He based it on the most …showed first 75 words of 1887 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1887 total…in the state of nature, free from an absolute and arbitrary power. This freedom is so closely joined with a man’s survival that he cannot do without it. For any civil society to progress, its people must be able to follow their own will and decide on a sovereign that will protect their liberty to do so. For Locke, there is no other way of living in a society that is civil and just.