The Second Treatise of Government (Library of Liberal Arts, 31)

John Locke; Thomas P. Peardon (ed)

ISBN 10: 0672601931 / ISBN 13: 9780672601934

Published by Bobbs-Merrill Eduational Publishing, Indianapolis, 1960

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Bobbs-Merrill Eduational Publishing, 1952. Trade Paperback. First Edition, Twenty-first printing (stated), 1980. Very Good. Text Unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Rubbing to covers. Dust stains to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 139 pages. First published in 1690 under the title: An Essay Concerning the True Original Extent and End of Civil Government. The First Treatise attacks patriarchalism in the form of sentence-by-sentence refutation of Robert Filmer's Patriarcha, while the Second Treatise outlines Locke's ideas for a more civilized society based on natural rights and contract theory. Seller Inventory # RWARE0000001298

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Title: The Second Treatise of Government (Library ...

Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill Eduational Publishing, Indianapolis

Publication Date: 1960

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

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Library of Liberal Arts title.

About the Author:

Philosopher, son of a landsteward, was born at Wrington, near Bristol, and educated at Westminster School and Oxford. In 1660 Locke became lecturer on Greek, in 1662 on Rhetoric, and in 1664 he went as secretary to an Embassy to Brandenburg. While a student he turned from the subtleties of Aristotle and the schoolmen, had studied Descartes and Bacon. Then, becoming attracted to experimental science, studied medicine, and practiced a little in Oxford. His mind had been much exercised by questions of morals and government, and in 1667 he wrote his Essay on Toleration. If not a very profound or original philosopher Locke was a calm, sensible, and reasonable writer, and his books were very influential on the English thought of his day, as well as on the French philosophy of the next century. His style is plain and clear, but lacking in brightness and variety.