TWO TREATISES OF GOVERNMENT
BY IOHN LOCKE
SALUS POPULI SUPREMA LEX ESTO
LONDON
PRINTED MDCLXXXVIIII
REPRINTED, THE SIXTH TIME, BY A. MILLAR, H.
WOODFALL, 1. WHISTON AND B. WHITE, 1. RI-
VINGTON, L. DAVIS AND C. REYMERS, R. BALDWIN, HAWES CLARKE AND COLLINS; W. IOHN-
STON, W. OWEN, 1. RICHARDSON, S. CROWDER,
T. LONGMAN, B. LAW, C. RIVINGTON, E.
DILLY, R. WITHY, C. AND R. WARE, S, BAKER,
T. PAYNE, A. SHUCKBURGH, 1. HINXMAN
MDCCLXIIII
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.
1764 EDITOR'S NOTE
The present Edition of this Book has not only been collated with
the first three Editions, which were published during the
Author's Life, but also has the Advantage of his last Corrections
and Improvements, from a Copy delivered by him to Mr. Peter
Coste, communicated to the Editor, and now lodged in Christ
College, Cambridge.
Courtesy Wiretap Library
Contents