Who was the British philosopher that wrote on such principles as individual freedom, rights of man, and ownership of property that later influenced Thomas Jefferson as he wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Jean-Jacques Rosseau
James Madison
Winston Churchill
John Locke
2006-08-05 08:12:08 · 5 answers · asked by singingmathwrestler 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Locke
2006-08-05 08:15:04 · answer #1 · answered by pete 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jean-Jacques Rosseau
2006-08-05 08:16:19 · answer #2 · answered by fulcanto 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Locke.
2006-08-05 08:16:15 · answer #3 · answered by GC 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Locke's "Second Treatise of Government."
You might even be thinking of J. S. Mills' "On Liberty." Because it talks a lot about indvidualism, that influenced the American constitution and government.
2006-08-05 08:54:40 · answer #4 · answered by Tulip 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hume, my friend. Rosseau was actually french...if you couldnt tell *rolls eyes*
Hume, Locke or possibly..no, its Hume, im almost definate
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I Take it back, sorry, it was Thomas Paine
2006-08-05 08:16:38 · answer #5 · answered by thomas p 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋