Two Treatises of Government
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Two Treatises of Government
| Author | John Locke |
|---|---|
| Published | 1689 |
| Recommended | 3 times |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Consent, property and the right of revolution — the text the American founders read most directly. |
Where I heard about it
- Peter Savodnik (@petersavodnik) — an April 2026 post on X: “Read everything you can find by Plato, Aristotle, Shakespeare, Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau. To start.” This card is one of the twelve volumes that canon reduces to.
- University of Austin — assigned in Modernity and the West on its Fall 2025 reading list, as the combined volume Two Treatises of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration. Full curriculum: UATX Fall Reading List.
- Li Lu — on Li Lu’s Recommended Book List, in the section on History of Western Civilization.
Connections
- John Locke — from the same canon list.
- Social Contract — from the same canon list.
- UATX Fall Reading List — assigned again in the University of Austin’s “Modernity and the West” course, in a combined volume with A Letter Concerning Toleration.
What links here
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