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Second Treatise of Government
An Essay Concerning the True Original, Extent and End of Civil GovernmentCrofts Classics 1. Aufl.
10,99 € |
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Verlag: | Wiley-Blackwell |
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Veröffentl.: | 11.09.2014 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9781118809846 |
Sprache: | englisch |
Anzahl Seiten: | 208 |
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<p>This essential volume features John Locke's hand-corrected text with an outstanding introduction to Locke's life and role in intellectual history, his principal works, and their purpose. Written by the editor, Richard Cox, the introduction also outlines the course of both treatises of government and analyzes the problems of interpretation. Also included are a list of the principal dates in the life of John Locke as well as a selected bibliography.</p>
<p>Introduction vii</p> <p>Note on the Text xlv</p> <p>Principal dates xlvii</p> <p><b>Second Treatise of Government</b></p> <p>I. (Summary of the First Treatise) 1</p> <p>II. Of the State of Nature 3</p> <p>III. Of the State of War 11</p> <p>IV. Of Slavery 15</p> <p>V. Of Property 17</p> <p>VI. Of Paternal Power 32</p> <p>VII. Of Political or Civil Society 47</p> <p>VIII. Of the Beginning of Political Societies 58</p> <p>IX. Of the Ends of Political Society and Government 75</p> <p>X. Of the Forms of a Commonwealth 79</p> <p>XI. Of the Extent of the Legislative Power 81</p> <p>XII. Of the Legislative, Executive, and Federative Power of the Commonwealth 89</p> <p>XIII. Of the Subordination of the Powers of the Commonwealth 92</p> <p>XIV. Of Prerogative 99</p> <p>XV. Of Paternal, Political and Despotical Power, Considered Together 105</p> <p>XVI. Of Conquest 109</p> <p>XVII. Of Usurpation 121</p> <p>XVIII. Of Tyranny 123</p> <p>XIX. Of the Dissolution of Government 130</p> <p>Bibliography 149</p>
<p>John Locke FRS was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism". Richard H. Cox is the author of Second Treatise of Government: An Essay Concerning the True Original, Extent and End of Civil Government, published by Wiley.