How did John Locke influence the Enlightenment?

Prior to Locke's idea of liberalism, the state (kings, nobels, lords, etc.) was church sanctioned. There was little separation between the people who decided your afterlife and the government. It was like an "Islamic State." The peasants had no rights and no security in their person or effects. One could have a sham of a trial, for some charge that could never be proved (e.g. supernatural occurance), and the state could break every bone in your body for punishment--it was God's/the State's right. In other words, might made right and no one gave any thought towards a person's well-being. Locke declared that the state existed because of its people, that people should have a say in how they are governed, and that people have unalienable rights (akin to the later U.S. Bill of Rights).

He bought all their magazines and used them as toilet paper.

John Lockes writings helped people sharpen their mind. so that they can always remain alert and vigilant.

If there is no light, we will moving in the dark without any direction.