Enlightenment · English
Two Treatises of Government
Two Treatises of Government, by John Locke (1632–1704), a public-domain text from Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty.
Chapters
- 01Prefaceprose
- 02Of Government, Chap. I.prose
- 03Chap. II. Of Paternal and Regal Power.prose
- 04Chap. III. Of Adam’s Title to Sovereignty by Creation.prose
- 05Chap. IV. Of Adam’s Title to Sovereignty by Donation, Gen. i. 28.prose
- 06Chap. V. Of Adam’s Title to Sovereignty by the Subjection of Eve.prose
- 07Chap. VI. Of Adam’s Title to Sovereignty by Fatherhood.prose
- 08Chap. VII. Of Fatherhood and Property considered together as Fountains of Sovereignty.prose
- 09Chap. VIII. Of the Conveyance of Adam’s sovereign Monarchical Power.prose
- 10Chap. IX. Of Monarchy, by Inheritance from Adam.prose
- 11Chap. X. Of the Heir to Adam’s Monarchical Power.prose
- 12Chap. XI. Who Heir?prose
- 13Of Civil-government, Chap. I.prose
- 14Chap. II. Of the State of Nature.prose
- 15Chap. III. Of the State of War.prose
- 16Chap. IV. Of Slavery.prose
- 17Chap. V. Of Property.prose
- 18Chap. VI. Of Paternal Power.prose
- 19Chap. VII. Of Political or Civil Society.prose
- 20Chap. VIII. Of the Beginning of Political Societies.prose
- 21Chap. IX. Of the Ends of Political Society and Government.prose
- 22Chap. X. Of the Forms of a Common-wealth.prose
- 23Chap. XI. Of the Extent of the Legislative Power.prose
- 24Chap. XII. Of the Legislative, Executive, and Federative Power of the Common-wealth.prose
- 25Chap. XIII. Of the Subordination of the Powers of the Common-wealth.prose
- 26Chap. XIV. Of Prerogative.prose
- 27Chap. XV. Of Paternal, Political, and Despotical Power, considered together.prose
- 28Chap. XVI. Of Conquest.prose
- 29Chap. XVII. Of Usurpation.prose
- 30Chap. XVIII. Of Tyranny.prose
- 31Chap. XIX. Of the Dissolution of Government.prose