The Second Treatise on Civil Government (Great Books in Philosophy)
Current price:
$12.99
Publication Date: March 1st, 1986
Publisher:
Prometheus Books
ISBN:
9780879753375
Pages:
132
Usually Ships in 1 to 5 Days
Description
As one of the early Enlightenment philosophers in England, John Locke sought to bring reason and critical intelligence to the discussion of the origins of civil society.
Endeavoring to reconstruct the nature and purpose of government, a social contract theory is proposed. The Second Treatise sets forth a detailed discussion of how civil society came to be and the nature of its inception. Locke's discussion of tacit consent, separation of powers, and the right of citizens to revolt against repressive governments, has made The Second Treatise one of the most influential essays in the history of political philosophy.
Other Books in Series
The Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 and the Communist Manifesto (Great Books in Philosophy)
Paperback
The Spirit of Laws (Great Books in Philosophy)
Paperback
The Essential Epicurus: Letters, Principal Doctrines, Vatican Sayings, and Fragments (Great Books in Philosophy)
Paperback
The Philosophy of the Present (Great Books in Philosophy)
Paperback
The Laws of Thought
Paperback
The Concept of Nature
Paperback
The Essence of Christianity (Great Books in Philosophy)
Paperback
The German Ideology: Including Thesis on Feuerbach (Great Books in Philosophy)
Paperback
The Poetics (Great Books in Philosophy)
Paperback
How We Think (Great Books in Philosophy)
Paperback
Individualism Old and New (Great Books in Philosophy)
Paperback
The Essence of Religion (Great Books in Philosophy)
Paperback
A Treatise of Human Nature (Great Books in Philosophy)
Paperback
The Philosophy of History (Great Books in Philosophy)
Paperback
The Meaning of Truth (Great Books in Philosophy)
Paperback
The Subjection of Women (Great Books in Philosophy)
Paperback
An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (Great Books in Philosophy)
Paperback
Freedom and Culture (Great Books in Philosophy)
Paperback
Rights of Man (Great Books in Philosophy)
Paperback