Two Treatises of Government, major statement of the political philosophy of the English philosopher John Locke, published in 1689 but substantially composed some years before then.

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 recent scholarship in the history of ideas, read and used by students of political ...

This comprehensive collection brings together the main published works (excluding polemical attacks on other people's views) with the most important surviving evidence from among Locke’s papers relating to his political philosophy.

The Second Treatise of Government is a book of political philosophy that Locke published anonymously in 1689. In this book Locke presents his ideas for a better society based on natural rights and contract theory.

Containing a substantial apparatus criticus, this new edition of Locke's manuscript is faithful to Locke's original intentions.

The Two Treatises of Government are works of political philosophy that Locke published anonymously in 1689. In The First Treatise of Government, Locke attacked patriarchalism as a refutation to Robert Filmer's Patriarcha.

Offers two complementary works, unabridged, in modernised, annotated texts. Suitable for classroom use, this title provides an introduction, a note on the texts, and a select bibliography.