Second Treatise of Government (Locke - Dover ed.)

Author: John Locke

ISBN: 9780486424644

Binding: paperback

Section: Political-Science

Subtitle: & A Letter Concerning Toleration

In The Second Treatise of Government, John Locke answered two objectives: to refute the concept of the monarchy's divine right and to establish a theory reconciling civil liberties with political order. His Letter Concerning Toleration rests on the same basic principles as his political theory; Locke's main argument for toleration is a corollary of his theory of the nature of civil society. The basis of social and political philosophy for generations, these works laid the foundation of the modern democratic state in England and abroad.