Second Treatise of Government
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 introduction to this edition, the late eminent political theorist C. B. Macpherson examines Locke's arguments for limited, conditional...
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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 introduction to this edition, the late eminent political theorist C. B. Macpherson examines Locke's arguments for limited, conditional government, private property, and right of revolution and suggests reasons for the appeal of these arguments in Locke's time and since.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780915144860 (0915144867)
ASIN: 915144867
Pages no: 124
Edition language: English
Informative, but not exactly easy to read. Locke writes the longest sentences I've ever seen in my life.
A very important work but one that I mostly disagree with (chapter 5, I'm looking at you).