Two Treatises of Government by John Locke

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Two Treatises of Government is the book in which John Locke explains his concept of modern liberalism. In this book he expresses his belief that the purpose of political societies is to defend the life, liberty and property of citizens of that society. The only source of authority for a government is from the people. When a government becomes tyrannical, then people have the right to stage a revolution against that...

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John Locke

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The English philosopher and political theorist John Locke (1632-1704) began the empiricist tradition and thus initiated the greatest age of British philosophy. He attempted to center philosophy on an ... Read more

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John Locke's Second Treatise of Civil Government

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Throughout English philosopher John Locke's 1690 work, Second Treatise, of Civil Government, there is a focus placed upon the state of Nature, in which mean would respect the rights of others as well ... Read more

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