Pop philosophers call him the father of liberalism, but this is a cliché. Locke was an advocate of social and cultural unity via religion, common goals, and political fairness. Furthermore, he has one of the first known uses of the tolerance paradox, the idea that a tolerant society must not tolerate intolerance:
‘Although Locke was an advocate of tolerance, he urged the authorities not to tolerate atheism, because he thought the denial of God's existence would undermine the social order and lead to chaos.’
Locke also laid out, a priori, a very modern interpretation of education and belief systems, stating that all are born with a tabula rasa (a mental blank slate) unto which ideas and belief systems are imposed, which builds the belief systems of a person. This regrettably inspired many future political theorists, like Gramsci, who abuse this notion of tabula rasa to reason that in order for communist revolution to occur in the west, students must be indoctrinated and culture must be infested.
Most importantly, Locke died a virgin, perhaps birthing the tradition along with Newton, later to be assumed by many Germans, of incel philosophers. Interestingly, Locke and Newton both leaned towards a non trinitarian view of Christianity, and were likely interlocutors.
