Historical Personas

1. Historical Personas In Ender’s Game

2. John Locke • 29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704 • widely known as the Father of Liberalism,was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers

3. John Locke • Locke was the first to define the self through a continuity of consciousness • He postulated that the mind was a blank slate or tabula rasa • Contrary to pre-existing Cartesian philosophy, he maintained that we are born without innate ideas, and that knowledge is instead determined only by experience derived from sense perception

4. John Locke • Locke's political theory was founded on social contract theory. • Locke believed that human nature is characterized by reason and tolerance. • Locke believed that human nature allowed men to be selfish. In a natural state all people were equal and independent, and everyone had a natural right to defend his “Life, health, Liberty, or Possessions". This became the basis for the phrase in the American Declaration of Independence: "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

5. John Locke • Locke also advocated governmental separation of powers and believed that revolution is not only a right but an obligation in some circumstances. These ideas would come to have profound influence on the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States

6. Demosthenes • 384–322 BC • Was a prominent Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens. • Demosthenes learned rhetoric by studying the speeches of previous great orators.

7. Demosthenes • To make his living, Demosthenes became a professional litigant, both as a "logographer", writing speeches for use in private legal suits, and advocate speaking on another's behalf. • He seems to have been able to manage any kind of case, adapting his skills to almost any client, including wealthy and powerful men. • It is not unlikely that he became a teacher of rhetoric and that he brought pupils into court with him.

8. Demosthenes • He had a large role in many political campaigns, writing speeches and arguing for different sides • Demosthenes dealt in policies and ideas, and war was not his business