First published anonymously in December 1689, John Locke\'s "Two Treatises of Government" are considered to be some of the most important works of political philosophy ever written.
The first treatise is in fact a sentence by sentence refutation of "Patriarcha." Filmer asserts the idea that absolute authority over the world flows from the Biblical.
In the first treatise Locke disputes the divine right of monarchial rule principle that is put forth in the book "Patriarcha" by Sir Robert Filmer.
First published anonymously in December 1689, John Locke\'s "Two Treatises of Government" are considered to be some of the most important works of political philosophy ever written