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A selection of philosophy texts by philosophers of the early modern period, prepared with a view to making them easier to read while leaving intact the main arguments, doctrines, and lines of thought. The liberty of man, in society, is to be under no other legislative power, but that established, by consent, in the commonwealth. In the first treatise of government, locke refutes the idea of divine monarchy, while the second treatise. Written during a period of increasing opposition to the restored english monarchy, this work was published anonymously in 1689. The more influential second treatise outlines a theory of civil society. The two treatises of civil government is a work of political philosophy published anonymously in 1689 by john locke. Collection gutenberg contributor project gutenberg language english.
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