Second Treatise of Government by John Locke (Original and Unabridged) (English Edition)

The Second Treatise is one of the most important political treatises ever written and one of the most far-reaching in its influence. John Locke was a highly influential figure in the Age of Enlightenment in England and France, whose works helped inspire the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, John Locke was one of the most important political theorists in Western history. In The Second Treatise of Government, a major contribution to the principles underlying modern democracies, he achieved two objectives: refuting the concept of the divine right of monarchy, and establishing a theory of government based on the ultimate sovereignty of the people.