GB 300th anniversary of publication of philosopher John Locke’s major works, a  bronze medal by Ron Dutton RD211
66mm x 73mm. cast bronze
no. 19 of an edition of 100.
John Locke, English philosopher and physician. Â Considered the first of the British empiricists and well known for his social contract theory of human rights..
The three works referred to on the medal, published 1689/90 are Epistola de Tolerantia, Two Treatises of Government and An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. Â Locke’s three natural rights can be summed up as life, liberty and property. Â He believed in the separation of church and state.
