An Essay Concerning the True Original Extent and End of Civil Government, also known as Locke's Second Treatise of Government, is an influential work of political philosophy by John Locke.
Bibliographic notesAn Essay Concerning the True Original Extent and End of Civil Government was first published anonymously in 1689 as the second part of Two Treatises of Government. This page includes editions of this essay taken on its own, without the first Treatise.
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An Essay Concerning the True Original Extent and End of Civil Government (Boston: Edes and Gill, 1773), by John Locke - Second Treatise of Government, by John Locke (Gutenberg text)
- Du Gouvernement Civil (French translation of the Second Treatise of Government; 1783), by John Locke (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Il Governo Civile (Italian translation of the Second Treatise of Government; 1773), by John Locke (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Tratado del Gobieno Civil (Spanish translation of the Second Treatise of Government; Madrid: Imp. de la Minerva Española, 1821), by John Locke (page images at HathiTrust)
- Johan Lockes Oförgripelige Tankar om Werldslig Regerings Rätta Ursprung, Gräntsor och Ändamål (Swedish translation of the Second Treatise of Government; Stockholm: Uti det Kongl. Tryckeriet, 1726), by John Locke, trans. by Hans Harmens (multiple formats at archive.org)
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