Two Treatises of Government
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Two Treatises of Government is a seminal work of political philosophy written by John Locke and published in 1689. The first of Locke's treatises is a critique of Sir Robert Filmer's Patriarcha, which defends the divine ordination of hereditary monarchy. The second treatise (the more famous of the two) presents a comprehensive theory regarding the progress of society and the nature of government.
Locke argues that
