More on Locke

I want to take the time this week to reflect on Locke and his grand questions and assumptions. We have read and discussed how Locke believes that we are born as a blank slate, "tabula rasa" and how we have the tools to form and understand experiences, but we basically do not have anything before that. I guess that I learned more about the general time period of the "spirit of Enlightenment" while reading about Locke. People were ready to ask questions and speak out against traditional views and many different forms. Locke's form, basically made an argument for nature versus nurture very early on. In the readings some say that we have misinterpreted Locke's ideas and that he really had his own agenda of pushing liberal ideas rather than making particular arguments about man's relationship with God and free will. I think we should respect him for his arguments and bringing some issues into the forefront.