Now & Then by John Locke

Now & Then by John Locke

I am often asked what my book is about. My reply, life, and all its many journeys, some tragic while others are refreshing and stimulating. And me, in my later years, I feel a compulsion to verify the significant stories we have all written about ourselves. My stories of love and compassion revel in the human attempts at surviving and succeeding.

Anyone who tells you they have never had a story to tell just hasn't lived. Well, believe it or not, there is an element of truth in everything I have set before you and just a bit of fiction. I will leave it up to you to decipher which is which.

John Locke was the son of a land steward and was educated at Westminster School and Oxford. He was born in Wrington, near Bristol, and was the son of a land steward. Locke became a lecturer in Greek in 1660, Rhetoric in 1662, and Secretary to an Embassy in Brandenburg in 1664. He studied Descartes and Bacon as a student. Then, drawn to experimental research, he studied medicine and practiced for a short time in Oxford. In 1667, he authored his Essay on Toleration, which was inspired by his thoughts on morals and government. If not a particularly clever or unique philosopher, Locke was a calm, intelligent, and reasonable writer, and his publications had a significant impact on both English and French philosophy in the following century.