Freedom, property and formation according to John Locke
Freedom, property and formation according to John Locke
Keywords:
Freedom; Property; John Locke.Abstract
This article aims to discuss the issue of freedom, property, and education in John Locke. If, for this philosopher, life, liberty, and possessions are principles that define man, we affirm that his education begins in childhood. The duty of teaching initially falls to the family and the school, since it is in these institutions that adults, already knowledgeable about the meaning of social life, must prepare the new individuals. Our central concern here is to show the path toward the formation of the individual for Locke: a gentleman, the one who knows how to recognize in himself the freedom and the property – prerequisites for abandoning the condition of an infant. Finally, we affirm that, for Locke, the adult is the individual who takes possession of property and learns to extend it through work, realizing the condition he has carried within him since birth.
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