[PAR] [TLE] John Locke [SEP] John Locke {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} ( ; 29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism".  Considered one of the first of the British empiricists, following the tradition of Sir Francis Bacon, he is equally important to social contract theory.  His work greatly affected the development of epistemology and political philosophy.  His writings influenced Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, many Scottish Enlightenment thinkers, as well as the American revolutionaries.  His contributions to classical republicanism and liberal theory are reflected in the United States Declaration of Independence. [PAR] [TLE] Georg Friedrich Meier [SEP] Georg Friedrich Meier (26 March 1718, Saxony-Anhalt – 21 June 1777, Giebichenstein) was a German philosopher and aesthetician.  A follower of Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, Meier reformed the philosophy of Christian Wolff by introducing elements of John Locke's empiricist theory of knowledge.
[PAR] [TLE] John Locke [ SEP ] John Locke { ' 1 ' : " , ' 2 ' : " , ' 3 ' : " , ' 4 ' : " } ( ; 29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704 ) was an English philosopher and physician , widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the " Father of Liberalism " . Considered one of the first of the British empiricists , following the tradition of Sir Francis Bacon , he is equally important to social contract theory . His work greatly affected the development of epistemology and political philosophy . His writings influenced Voltaire and Jean - Jacques Rousseau , many Scottish Enlightenment thinkers , as well as the American revolutionaries . His contributions to classical republicanism and liberal theory are reflected in the United States Declaration of Independence . [PAR] [TLE] Georg Friedrich Meier [ SEP ] Georg Friedrich Meier ( 26 March 1718 , Saxony - Anhalt – 21 June 1777 , Giebichenstein ) was a German philosopher and aesthetician . A follower of Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten , Meier reformed the philosophy of Christian Wolff by introducing elements of John Locke 's empiricist theory of knowledge .
Who was the "Father of Liberalism" and inspired philosopher Georg Meier?
Who was the " Father of Liberalism " and inspired philosopher Georg Meier ?
John Locke
John Locke