John Locke FRS was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism". Richard H. Cox is the author of Second Treatise of Government: An Essay Concerning the True Original, Extent and End of Civil Government, published by Wiley.

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• Introduction viiNote on the Text xlvPrincipal dates xlviiSecond Treatise of GovernmentI. (Summary of the First Treatise) 1II. Of the State of Nature 3III. Of the State of War 11IV. Of Slavery 15V. Of Property 17VI. Of Paternal Power 32VII. Of Political or Civil Society 47VIII. Of the Beginning of Political Societies 58IX. Of the Ends of Political Society and Government 75X. Of the Forms of a Commonwealth 79XI. Of the Extent of the Legislative Power 81XII. Of the Legislative, Executive, and Federative Power of the Commonwealth 89XIII. Of the Subordination of the Powers of the Commonwealth 92XIV. Of Prerogative 99XV. Of Paternal, Political and Despotical Power, Considered Together 105XVI. Of Conquest 109XVII. Of Usurpation 121XVIII. Of Tyranny 123XIX. Of the Dissolution of Government 130Bibliography 149