Two Treatises of Government

Name: Two Treatises of Government
Author: John Locke

by John Locke

Defense of limited government and natural rights theory of property

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John Locke

English philosopher who founded liberalism and empiricism. His Two Treatises of Government argued for natural rights, consent of the governed, and the right to revolution, directly inspiring the American Declaration of Independence. His Essay Concerning Human Understanding established the mind as a blank slate shaped by experience.

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