Once upon a time there was a duck. This duck could both read and write. Then he died. The duck's mother was so upset that she wrote the US Constitution as memoir of her pain and suffering. Then everyone got scoliosis. The end.
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John Locke
John Locke
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Philosopher John Locke had a tremendous impact on early American government.
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Thomas Jefferson believed that one of the primary functions of government was to protect the rights of the people. Jefferson was significantly influenced by the ideas of john Locke, an English philosopher.
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Saint Augustine was most influenced by the Neoplatonic philosophy of Plotinus. He drew heavily from Plotinus' ideas on the nature of reality, the role of the divine in human experience, and the concept of the soul's journey towards unity with the divine.
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By Voltaire
John Locke and his thoughts of the basic rights of life, liberty, and property influenced Thomas Jefferson.
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