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The Second Treatise of Government

John Locke

1690

  • Chapter 1: Of Political Power
  • Chapter 2: Of the State of Nature
  • Chapter 3: Of the State of War
  • Chapter 4: Of Slavery
  • Chapter 5: Of Property
  • Chapter 6: Of Paternal Power
  • Chapter 7: Of Political or Civil Society
  • Chapter 8: Of the Beginning of Political Societies
  • Chapter 9: Of the Ends of Political Society and Government
  • Chapter 10: Of the Forms of a Commonwealth
  • Chapter 11: Of the Extent of the Legislative Power
  • Chapter 12: The Legislative, Executive, and Federative Power of the Commonwealth
  • Chapter 13: Of the Subordination of the Powers of the Commonwealth
  • Chapter 14: Of Prerogative
  • Chapter 15: Of Paternal, Political and Despotical Power, Considered Together
  • Chapter 16: Of Conquest
  • Chapter 17: Of Usurpation
  • Chapter 18: Of Tyranny
  • Chapter 19: Of the Dissolution of Government
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