In this episode, we explore the philosophy of John Locke—the 17th century thinker whose ideas about life, liberty, and property shaped the American Declaration of Independence and the foundations of classical liberalism. It was a time of reason, revolution, and transformation. It was a time when the Enlightenment challenged the old order and asked whether government could be built on consent rather than coercion.

From the social contract to the doctrine of inalienable rights, from the right of rebellion to the danger of majority rule, from the limits of toleration to the unresolved tension at the heart of his system—we examine the philosophy that shaped the modern world. And we ask: Can a system built on reason and consent protect itself against the irrational passions of the people it is designed to govern?

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