<P> Two Treatises of Government ( or 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 ) is a work of political philosophy published anonymously in 1689 by John Locke . The First Treatise attacks patriarchalism in the form of sentence - by - sentence refutation of Robert Filmer 's Patriarcha , while the Second Treatise outlines Locke 's ideas for a more civilized society based on natural rights and contract theory . </P>
<P> Two Treatises of Government ( or 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 ) is a work of political philosophy published anonymously in 1689 by John Locke . The First Treatise attacks patriarchalism in the form of sentence - by - sentence refutation of Robert Filmer 's Patriarcha , while the Second Treatise outlines Locke 's ideas for a more civilized society based on natural rights and contract theory . </P>
who wrote the book two treatises of government
who wrote the book two treatises of government
John Locke
John Locke