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The Second Treatise of Government (Library of Liberal Arts, 31)
by John Locke; Thomas P. Peardon (ed)
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0672601931
- ISBN 13
- 9780672601934
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About This Item
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Eduational Publishing, 1952. Trade Paperback. First Edition, Twenty-first printing (stated), 1980. Very Good. Text Unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Rubbing to covers. Dust stains to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 139 pages.
First published in 1690 under the title: An Essay Concerning the True Original Extent and End of Civil Government. 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.
First published in 1690 under the title: An Essay Concerning the True Original Extent and End of Civil Government. 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.
Synopsis
The Two Treatises of 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 and the Second Treatise outlines a theory of political or civil society based on natural rights and contract theory.
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- Title
- The Second Treatise of Government (Library of Liberal Arts, 31)
- Author
- John Locke; Thomas P. Peardon (ed)
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0672601931
- ISBN 13
- 9780672601934
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill Eduational Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1952
- Pages
- 139
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- political science, contracts, government, law, natural rights, philosophy, nature, war, slavery, property, political society, 9780672601934
- Bookseller catalogs
- Politics & Government; Military and Defense; Britain;
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