Second Treatise of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration
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- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
22 June 2016
Summary
‘Man being born…to perfect freedom…hath by nature a power…to preserve his property, that is, his life, liberty and estate.’
Locke’s Second Treatise of Government (1689) is one of the great classics of political philosophy, widely regarded as the foundational text of modern liberalism. In it Locke insists on majority rule, and regards no government as legitimate unless it has the consent of the people. He sets aside people’s ethnicities, religions, and cultures and envisages p…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198732440 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0198732449 |
| Author: | John Locke, Mark Goldie |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 22 June 2016 |
| Weight: | 192g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 128mm x 196mm |
| Series: | Oxford World's Classics |
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John Locke
Mark Goldie is a member of the editorial board of the Clarendon Edition of the Works of John Locke, and former editor of the Historical Journal. He has published extensively in the field of British political, religious, and intellectual history, 1650-1800.
Among his edited volumes are:
- The Cambridge History of Political Thought, 1450-1700
- The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Political Thought
- Locke’s Political Essays
- Selected Correspondence
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