Review: The Second Treatise of Government & A Letter Concerning Toleration
User Review - Chris Byron - GoodreadsWhether or not Hegel was right that history is inevitably moving in a positive direction, he was most assuredly right that History is moving a direction that can limelight past social contradictions ... Read full review
Review: The Second Treatise of Government & A Letter Concerning Toleration
User Review - Brittany Petruzzi - GoodreadsLocke's understanding of government accounts for much of what is wrong with America. I wish I could burn this book from the memories of western culture. Read full review
Review: The Second Treatise of Government & A Letter Concerning Toleration
User Review - Jonathan - GoodreadsOf all the great scientists, philosophers, religious leaders, and political theorists we studied this past semester, John Locke is my favorite. In my oral final, I was asked to summarize each ... Read full review
Review: The Second Treatise of Government & A Letter Concerning Toleration
User Review - Sarah - GoodreadsBoring! Read full review
Review: The Second Treatise of Government & A Letter Concerning Toleration
User Review - Elizabeth - GoodreadsThe material might be dense but Locke writes about some very worthwhile topics that every world citizen should familiarize himself or herself with. If we all followed John Locke's ideas, this world ... Read full review
Review: The Second Treatise of Government & A Letter Concerning Toleration
User Review - Jordan - GoodreadsAn excellent summary of the ideas and theories that compromise the society and culture of a capitalist republic. Though there are some details that one might dispute, it is clear that Locke is well ... Read full review
Review: The Second Treatise of Government & A Letter Concerning Toleration
User Review - Lindsey Doolan - GoodreadsRead for Senior Traditio, N-term 2010. I don't think that, as a Christian, I should strictly agree with it, although the American in me was "amen"-ing most of the way through. I did like how dense ... Read full review
Review: The Second Treatise of Government & A Letter Concerning Toleration
User Review - Aaron - GoodreadsWe have John Locke and this essay to thank for our fundamental beliefs in inalienable human rights and freedom from tyranny. If you want to form a real understanding of these principles, not just regurgitated talking points, then this is the book for you. Read this book! Read full review
Review: The Second Treatise of Government & A Letter Concerning Toleration
User Review - CJ Bowen - Goodreads"Political power, then, I take to be a right of making laws with penalty of death..." 2 "The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one; and reason, which is that law ... Read full review
Review: Second Treatise of Government and a Letter Concerning Toleration
User Review - Jill - GoodreadsI learned a great deal from this book, much about natural law, paternal law and duty, about why man forms society and how legislature works and when it doesn't, about conquering and being conquered ... Read full review
