Name: Two Treatises of Government
Price: 806.00 TWD
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Author: John Locke
ISBN: 9789354628634

Type

Physical Book

Author

John Locke

Publisher

True Sign Publishing House

Language

English

Pages

242

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6 x 14.0 x 1.4 cm

Weight

0.31 kg.

ISBN13

9789354628634

Synopsis "Two Treatises of Government "

John Locke (1632-1704) is among the most influential political philosophers of the modern period. In the Two Treatises of Government, he defended the claim that men are by nature free and equal against claims that God had made all people naturally subject to a monarch. The Second Treatise consists of a short preface and nineteen chapters. In chapter i, Locke defines political power as the right to make laws for the protection and regulation of property. In his view, these laws only work because the people accept them and because they are for the public good. The Treatises were written with this specific aim--to defend the Glorious Revolution. Locke also sought to refute the pro-Absolutist theories of Sir Robert Filmer, which he and his Whig associates felt were getting far too popular.

John Locke

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John Locke (1632-1704) was an English philosopher who laid the foundations of the European Enlightenment. Locke believed that each branch of government should have separate powers, that freedom should be protected from state interference, and that the state should protect its citizens' private property. These ideas greatly influenced the founding fathers of the United States. Locke also proposed a new theory of knowledge acquisition based entirely on experience and reflection.

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