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Two Treatises of Government

John Locke

NonfictionPhilosophyabout 11 h 30 min of listening

Locke critiques the concepts of absolute monarchy and divine right, arguing instead for a government founded on natural rights, individual freedom, and the consent of the governed, which protects the fundamental rights of life, liberty, and property.

Contents

  1. Imprint
  2. Preface
  3. Two Treatises of Government
  4. Book I: Of Government
  5. I
  6. II: Of Paternal and Regal Power
  7. III: Of Adam’s Title to Sovereignty by Creation
  8. IV: Of Adam’s Title to Sovereignty, by Donation, Gen. 1:28
  9. V: Of Adam’s Title to Sovereignty, by the Subjection of Eve
  10. VI: Of Adam’s Title to Sovereignty by Fatherhood
  11. VII: Of Fatherhood and Property Considered Together as Fountains of Sovereignty
  12. VIII: Of the Conveyance of Adam’s Sovereign Monarchical Power
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  1. IX: Of Monarchy, by Inheritance from Adam
  2. X: Of the Heir to Adam’s Monarchical Power
  3. XI: Who Heir?
  4. Book II: Of Civil Government
  5. I
  6. II: Of the State of Nature
  7. III: Of the State of War
  8. IV: Of Slavery
  9. V: Of Property
  10. VI: Of Paternal Power
  11. VII: Of Political or Civil Society
  12. VIII: Of the Beginning of Political Societies
  13. IX: Of the Ends of Political Society and Government
  14. X: Of the Forms of a Commonwealth
  15. XI: Of the Extent of the Legislative Power
  16. XII: Of the Legislative, Executive, and Federative Power of the Commonwealth
  17. XIII: Of the Subordination of the Powers of the Commonwealth
  18. XIV: Of Prerogative
  19. XV: Of Paternal, Political, and Despotical Power, Considered Together
  20. XVI: Of Conquest
  21. XVII: Of Usurpation
  22. XVIII: Of Tyranny
  23. XIX: Of the Dissolution of Government
  24. Endnotes
  25. Colophon
  26. Uncopyright

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