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Second Treatise of Government
John Locke
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Description for Second Treatise of Government
Hardcover. Features the central principles of what is broadly known as political liberalism. Editor(s): Macpherson, C. B. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 288.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
148
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1980
Condition
New
Weight
288g
Number of Pages
148
Place of Publication
Cambridge, MA, United States
ISBN
9780915144938
SKU
V9780915144938
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About John Locke
John Locke (1632-1704) was an English philosopher and physician.
Reviews for Second Treatise of Government
Macpherson provides for his readers a tightly written, meaty, and often invigorating critical assessment of Locke's argument. In it one finds some of the best of Macpherson's now famous criticism of liberal-democratic government.
Gregory E. Pyrcz in Canadian Philosophical Review
Gregory E. Pyrcz in Canadian Philosophical Review