This is the revised version of Peter Laslett's acclaimed edition of Two Treatises of Government, which is widely recognised as one of the classic pieces of rece
In this, the second of his Two Treatises of Government, John Locke examines humankind’s transition from its original state of nature to a civil society. One c
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The Second Treatise is one of the most important political treatises ever written and one of the most far-reaching in its influence. In his provocative 15-page