The Resume

(August 29, 1632-October 28, 1704)
Wrote 'An Essay Concerning Human Understanding,' 'A Letter Concerning Toleration,' 'Two Treatises of Government'

Why he might be annoying:

He restricts knowledge to the agreement or disagreement of our ideas.
However, he does believe God exists on faith.
His father was a sewer inspector.
He was infamous for sending love letters to women.
Others showed how his metaphysics ultimately led to idealism (the belief that there is no reality independent of the human mind).
He owned shares in the Royal Africa Company, a slave trading company.
The King of England had spies watch over him for fear of sedition.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was against the absolute and divine rights of the monarchy.
He believed in a moral law where all men are born equal and free.
He was a strong believer in religious tolerance.
He believed that man should be rewarded for his labor.
His father fought on the side of Parliament during the English Civil War.
He founded the empiricist tradition.
Unlike most philosophers who sit in ivory towers, he was active in government and tried to implement his ideas.
He was a talented physician.
He was a good friend of many of the greatest scientific minds of his time, like Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Von Liebniz.
His political philosophy was a direct attack on Thomas Hobbes' 'state of nature,' and advocated a 'social contract' under which everyone is free and the government has obligations to its citizens.
He inspired the name of the character portrayed by Terry O'Quinn on 'Lost'
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Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 17th Century Scientists
• 18th Century Scientists
• A & E Biographies of the Millennium (Ranked: 18)
• An Asteroid was Named in My Honor (Ranked: 7010)
• I am a Deist
• I Attended Westminster
• I Have Asthma
• J-Lo's, Ho-Jo's and A-Rod's
• Life Magazine's Top 100 People of the Millennium [2000] (Ranked: 47)
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• Lost Characters Named After Philosophers
• Lycos' Top 9 John Searches [August 1999] (Ranked: 4)
• Monty Python - Famous People Referenced in Season 2
• My Book is on the Catholic Index of Forbidden Books
• People with John or Mary in their Names
• Philosophers: Transitional to Modern Thought [1550-1700]
• Physicians Turned Authors
• Profiles 1501-1750 (Ranked: 1704)
• Religion's 100 Most Influential People (Ranked: 44)
• Scientists
• World Almanac's Most Influential Books of All Time (Ranked: 8)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 17 Votes: 5.88% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 101 Votes: 46.53% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 21 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 30 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 64 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 21 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 42 Votes: 38.10% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 43 Votes: 46.51% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 169 Votes: 43.79% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 176 Votes: 44.32% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 357 Votes: 42.58% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 311 Votes: 43.41% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 833 Votes: 43.34% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1850 Votes: 45.51% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 5919 Votes: 37.25% Annoying