Locke en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /lɒk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /lɑk/ (General-American)
Etymology
* As an English, Dutch and German surname, variant of Lock. * As a Norwegian surname, Americanized from Løkke, from a farm name derived from Old Norse lykkja (“enclosure”). * As a Chinese surname, variant of Lok.
Meanings
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An English surname — famously held by
John Locke (1632 – 1704); an influential English philosopher of the Enlightenment and social contract theorist.
It was Locke and his successors, not Hegel, who founded and disseminated the doctrine of human equality, based on the principles of empiricism, and the value of individual freedom under the law.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 401:
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community and historic district in Sacramento County, California.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township and unincorporated community therein, in Elkhart County, Indiana.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township in Ingham County, Michigan.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Cayuga County, New York, named after John Locke.