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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. The book is a key foundational text in the theory of liberalism.
- 1689, (dated 1690)
- John Locke
- None
- Awnsham Churchill
Two Treatises of Government, major statement of the political philosophy of the English philosopher John Locke, published in 1689. The first treatise is a refutation of the theory of the divine right of kings, and the second is a philosophical treatment of the origins and limits of political authority.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
First Treatise of Government. By John Locke [Locke, John. Of Government: Book 1. In Economic Writings and Two Treatises of Government (1691). Volume 4 of The Works of John Locke in Nine Volumes. London: Rivington. 1824. Online Library of Liberty. In the Public Domain.]
The first treatise. The first treatise was aimed squarely at the work of another 17th-century political theorist, Sir Robert Filmer, whose Patriarcha (1680, though probably written in the 1630s) defended the theory of divine right of kings: the authority of every king is divinely sanctioned by his descent from Adam—according to the Bible, the ...
17 de abr. de 2021 · 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... Locke's influence during the American Revolutionary period was certainly foundational.
John Locke’s First Treatise of Government argues against the divine right of kings to rule and in support of mankind’s natural freedom. Locke combined the First Treatise with his Second Treatise of Government and then published them together as Two Treatises of Government in 1689.
The Two Treatises was published in 1690, shortly after the Glorious Revolution placed King William on the throne. By all indications, however, the treatises were written rather earlier, 1 while Locke was living in the household of the Earl of Shaftesbury, a leader of the Whig opposition.
