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Originally Posted by lost-lover
I considered that as well. The whole law opposition is very reminiscent of young Locke.
It's interesting that Bentham was influenced by the real Locke's work. I like the point about how this could relate to the "devolution" of our Locke, it would certainly make sense considering he's now dead.
I can't help but wonder if he lost the leadership of the Others like Ben and chose to leave the island as a result. It'll be good to find out want made him leave, considering he was venomhently against the O6 leaving, and so certain they all belong on the island.
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I like the way you phrased that, it just made things alot clearer for me in terms of what I think they could be hinting at:
"Bentham was influenced by the real Locke's work"
As I've stated elsewhere, could this 'version' of Locke be influenced by the past learnings of a past Locke..a Locke who once made the mistake of choosing the knife over the book of laws? There's definetely a time-loop/Dalai Lama thing going on here methinks.
Yes, Locke's death strikes me more as representing 'devolution' rather than progress. Although one would think that a
Bentham-Locke would encompass all that the original Locke had and more. That's if we look at it from the
philosopher angle and the notion that Bentham borrowed heavily from Locke.
Interesting - My gut tells me that Locke
had to leave the island..like Ki stated in another thread, perhaps he had to turn the wheel..a consequence of being
dethroned and an act which mean that he couldn't return (or wasn't supposed to return). Or perhaps he was able to come and go from the island like Ben, Tom and Alpert can/could, as has been suggested?