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Aside from the essays that he had written, Locke also has philosophies in the different subjects of life. This includes the role of families in the liberal society, theories on properties and money, ethics and beliefs, and many others.
Locke's contribution to his generation and the modern society focused on the role of the government and the people to each other. Despite of the changing course of politics in the seventeenth century, Locke was able to also shift his intellect effectively. The various political situations that happened in his time had been useful to the future generation because from his works, the contemporary times has gained basis and reference for the ideologies they fight for which are related to Locke's philosophies and writings. As Tim Harris indicated, in his article John Locke: Resistance, Religion, and Responsibility, 2004. Role of Intellectuals in Governance.
His earlier absolutist writings, for example, were a reaction to the troubled times of the 1650s. Yet whereas Locke's search for order led him at this stage to champion monarchical authority and oppose the puritan vision of liberty, we nevertheless see an intense anticlericalism and a belief that people's freedom would be protected by the law that was to inform much of his later writing.
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