John Locke?

>>3171485
t. Hobbes

His belief that the government should make some concessions if they want loyalty and obedience is the foundation for most western governments.

Though the property thing might be controversial.

>>3171524

If I remember my history right, Jefferson replaced the property line with "pursuit of happiness" in the declaration of independence?

Born during the 30 years war and he was 10 when the English Civil War started. Sounds pretty awful.

>>3172473
apparently it was George Mason that did that and Jefferson just took his idea.

His exposition of primary and secondary qualities. Arguably he was not the first to posit it but his account is the most influential and, I think, still a largely accurate account that identifies the austerity of the non-phenomenal, scientific lexicon.