John Locke
English philosopher and physician (1632–1704)
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Game Theory #6: The World's Bank
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Philosopher referenced for contract theory and the idea that government protects life, liberty, and private property.
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English philosopher, recognized as a proponent of free speech and foundational to the 'Western miracle' of economic and intellectual growth.
Is Moral Progress a Fantasy?: A Conversation with John Gray (Episode #354)
Sam Harris
Referenced as a theorist whose framework John Gray differs from, particularly regarding political struggle and rights theory.
Michael Schur — Lessons from "The Office" and SNL, Moral Philosophy, Storytelling, and More
Tim Ferriss
Enlightenment philosopher mentioned among the smartest people to ever live who pondered human improvement.
Yaron Brook: Ayn Rand and the Philosophy of Objectivism | Lex Fridman Podcast #138
Lex Fridman
John Locke is mentioned as an Enlightenment thinker whose ideas, along with Hume's, were about the pursuit of happiness using reason.
François Chollet: Measures of Intelligence | Lex Fridman Podcast #120
Lex Fridman
Philosopher associated with the 'blank slate' or 'tabula rasa' idea of the mind, which is contrasted with the evolutionary psychology view.
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Tim Ferriss
An English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers, mentioned as a founder of liberty.
Sheldon Solomon: Death and Meaning | Lex Fridman Podcast #117
Lex Fridman
English philosopher whose assumptions about human nature in a 'state of nature' and the individual right to property form the basis of conservative political philosophy and neo-liberal economics, critiqued by Solomon.
How Democracies Fail: A Conversation with Anne Applebaum (Episode #376)
Sam Harris
Philosopher whose ideas on rights are implicitly compared to the instinctive demand for rights by people living under dictatorship.
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Chris Williamson
An influential liberal philosopher whose ideas on liberty and its limits are referenced in the discussion of different brands of liberalism.
Harvey Mansfield on Machiavelli, Straussianism, and the Character of Liberal Democracy | CWT
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English philosopher and political theorist whose ideas on the state of nature are contrasted with Rawls'.
Game Theory #17: The Great Reset
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A philosopher sponsored by transnational capital who argued that private property is a god-given right and founded empiricism, influencing the ideology that money is God.