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Some Exciting "Dirt" on John Locke?
I'm doing a project for history that involves dressing up as a famous person and presenting to the class. My person (chosen for me by the teacher) is John Locke. I would've preferred Louis XIV or Napoleon... but life isn't perfect. Now my goal is to make Locke as exciting as possible for a class of bored peers. If Locke said or did anything that you consider interesting or especially radical, I would appreciate the help.
Thanks!
Actually....little known fact (or new theory) about John Locke:
His theory of property (how private property arises) isn't just philosophy; it had a very practical purpose of explaining why the English could come to America and take away lands that the American Indians occupied and used.
Locke's theory was that the native Americans did not "own" property like "civilized people" do. While native Americans roamed the land, the English fenced off land and worked on it...mixing their labor with the land, which is how you get ownership.
So once you view his theory of property in this context, it's not as noble a philosophy as it first appeared. It could just be political propoganda. But...it also highlights something that history books usually gloss over: there was a lot of debate over the morality of English colonialism, i.e., why it's ok to arrive uninvited to a foreign land and take away property used by the native population.
Those acts would be seen as criminal today. Pretty exciting, huh?? 