Second Treatise of Government
by John Locke
←PUBLIC LIBRARYOriginal Title: Second Treatise of Government
Author: John Locke
Genres: Non-fiction, Politics
Publisher: Madness Serial Publishing
File version: 1.0
The Second Treatise of Government is one of the most important political treatises ever written and one of the most far-reaching in its influence.
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.
Locke claimed that civil society was created for the protection of property. In saying this, he relies on the etymological root of "property," Latin proprius, or what is one's own, including oneself (cf. French propre). Thus, by "property" he means "life, liberty, and estate."
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