WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -17th-century English philosopher John Locke discussed natural rights in his work, identifying them as being “life, liberty, and estate (property)", and argued that such fundamental rights could not be surrendered in the social contract.

Detailed explanation-2: -Locke believes that we are able to notice or experience our mind performing these actions and when we do we receive ideas of reflection. These are ideas such as memory, imagination, desire, doubt, judgment, and choice. Locke’s view is that experience (sensation and reflection) issues us with simple ideas.

Detailed explanation-3: -Locke was also known for his political writings. He favored a liberal democracy, arguing against the Divine Right of monarchs to absolute rule. In his famous philosophical work Essay on human understanding (1690), Locke investigated the nature and scope of human reason.

Detailed explanation-4: -Often credited as a founder of modern “liberal” thought, Locke pioneered the ideas of natural law, social contract, religious toleration, and the right to revolution that proved essential to both the American Revolution and the U.S. Constitution that followed.