This Christmas, I focus on John Locke (1632-1704), one of the most celebrated champions of human liberty. George Santayana (1863-1952), the noted philosopher, started a lecture by saying that a ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

I think we give John Locke too much credit (“John Locke’s Lesson for the Taliban” by Mustafa Aykol, Houses of Worship, May 13). The actual genius of Locke was that he took the political ...

Concerned about the moral laxity of Restoration England, the wealthy landowner and politician Edward Clarke turned to his lifelong friend John Locke for advice about how to raise his son.

John Locke has a new article out, although he died in 1704. When England’s King Charles II discovered a failed 1683 assassination plot against himself and his brother, he beheaded the plotters ...