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  1. John Locke (1632¬≠1704) was an English philosopher and the founder of 
  2. empiricism. Empiricism emphasizes the importance of experience in the 
  3. pursuit of knowledge rather than intuitive speculation or deduction. 
  4. Locke wrote Two Treatises of Government  (1690) attacking the theory 
  5. of divine right of kings, arguing sovereignty resided with the people. 
  6. Many of Locke‚Äôs political ideas were embodied in the U.S. Constitution.