Second Treatise of Government: Bestsellers and famous Books

by John Locke

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783736417878
Publisher:	anboco
Publication date:	10/27/2016
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	154
File size:	329 KB

About the Author

One of the most famous English philosophers of the 17th century, John Locke, was also a physician and a political theorist. Locke believed that individuals are born with natural rights and is one of the founders of the liberal political philosophy. John Locke is best known for his book, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, which contains his theory of ideas. His other popular works of writing include A Letter Concerning Toleration and Two Treatises of Government.