Two Treatises of Government (full title: Two Treatises of Government: In the Former, The False Principles, and Foundation of Sir Robert Filmer, and His...

the bulk of the Two Treatises of Government. While it was once thought that Locke wrote the Treatises to defend the Glorious Revolution of 1688, recent...

important mathematical treatises ever. It has been translated to numerous languages and remains continuously in print since the beginning of printing. Before...

exclusive, and mixed governments are common. The main aspect of any philosophy of government is how political power is obtained, with the two main forms being...

Two Treatises of Government. Cambridge, NY: Cambridge University Press. Sec. 87, 123, 209, 222. ISBN 978-0-521-35448-6. Locke, John. Two Treatises on...

system was articulated by John Locke in his work Two Treatises of Government (1690). In the Two Treatises, Locke distinguished between legislative, executive...

important theorist of liberal government. Writing in his Two Treatises of Government, Locke reasoned that men living in a state of nature would voluntarily...

approach to identifying the ideas that define the spectrum of acceptability of governmental policies. It says politicians can act only within the acceptable...

Locke, Two Treatises of Government, § 27 Locke argued in support of individual property rights as natural rights. Following the argument, the fruits of one's...

of revolution as Enlightenment thinker John Locke. He developed the concept in his Two Treatises of Government, especially the last two chapters, "Of...