Anthropologist Clifford Geertz suggests that religion is essentially a system of ideas that surrounds a set of powerful Symbols.
These symbols are used in religion to acquire importance far beyond the actual material of which they are made and allows the believer to feel that this religious world is true and real.
John Locke thinks that government should be chosen by the people because all people have the same natural rights and should be able to choose the body that protects them.
