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Two Treatises of Government (or Two Treatises of Government: In the Former, The False Principles, and Foundation of Sir Robert Filmer, and His Followers, Are Detected and Overthrown. The Latter Is an Essay Concerning The True Original, Extent, and End of Civil Government) is a work of political philosophy published anonymously in 1689 by John Locke. The First Treatise attacks patriarchalism in the form of sentence-by-sentence refutation of Robert Filmer's Patriarcha, while the Second Treatise outlines Locke's ideas for a more civilized society based on natural rights and contract theory. The book is a key foundational text in the theory of Liberalism. In the Second Treatise Locke develops a number of notable themes. It begins with a depiction of the state of nature, wherein individuals are under no obligation to obey one another but are each themselves judge of what the law of nature requires. It also covers conquest and slavery, property, representative government, and the right of revolution.
Author: John Locke
Publisher: Blurb
Published: 05/19/2023
Pages: 114
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.24d
ISBN13: 9798211389670
ISBN10: 8211389673
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | 19th Century
- Political Science | General
- Philosophy | Political
Author: John Locke
Publisher: Blurb
Published: 05/19/2023
Pages: 114
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.24d
ISBN13: 9798211389670
ISBN10: 8211389673
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | 19th Century
- Political Science | General
- Philosophy | Political