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Book authored anonymously by John Locke, the first treatise attacks the divine right of kings while the second discusses the proper role of government
 

TWO
TREATISES
OF
GOVERNMENT:

In the Former,
The false Principles and Foundation of

Sir Robert Filmer,
And his followers
Are Detected and Overthrown.


The Latter, is an
ESSAY
Concerning the
True Original, Extent, and End of

Civil-Government.


By John Locke, Esq;


The Fourth Edition.


Quod si nihil cum potentiore juris humani relinquitur inopi, at ego ad deos vindices humanæ superbiæ confugiam: Et precabor ut iras suas vertant in eos, quibus non suæ res, non alienæ satis sint: quorum sævitiam non mors noxiorum exsatiet: Placari nequeant, nisi hauriendum sanguinem laniandaq; viscera nostra præbuerimus. Liv. l. 9. c. 1.


LONDON: Printed for John Churchill, at the
Black Swan in Pater-noster-row.   1713