The excerpt is written by John Locke. His ideas about natural rights and the role of government significantly influenced the Declaration of Independence.
So the correct answer is:
John Locke
Multiple Choice. Read the excerpt, then answer the question that follows.
The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but to have only the law of nature for his rule.
- Second Treatise on Government (1689)
Which Enlightenment philosopher wrote that excerpt and whose ideas are reflected in the Declaration of Independence's emphasis on natural rights?
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Responses
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
John Locke
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes
Montesquieu
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