LOCKE: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding [Book II]

Locke published An Essay Concerning Human Understanding in 1689. In Book II of the treatise, Locke argues that all knowledge is derived from sensation and reflection. This type of epistemology is known as empiricism.

LOCKE: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding [Book III, Ch. 1-3, 9-11]

Book III
• Chapter 1 – Of Words or Language in General
• God fashioned man for a sociable animal. Language is the instrument and common tie of society.
• Men used articulate sounds to represent internal conceptions that could be conveyed to one another.

LOCKE: Concerning Civil Government [Second Essay] Ch. 13-19

LOCKE: Concerning Civil Government [Second Essay] Ch. 13-19

• Chapter 13 – Of the Subordination of the Powers of the Commonwealth
  • Though the legislative power is the supreme power in a commonwealth, if the legislative act is contrary to the trust reposed in the legislature by the people to act according to the best interests of the society, then the power devolves into the hands of the people again, and the people can place it anew where they think best for their safety and security.

LOCKE: Concerning Civil Government [Second Essay] Ch. 6-12

LOCKE: Concerning Civil Government [Second Essay] Ch. 6-12

• Chapter 6 – Of Paternal Power
  • The power of parents over their children is not placed solely with the father, but shared between both father and mother.

LOCKE: Concerning Civil Government [Second Essay] Ch. 1-5

LOCKE: Concerning Civil Government [Second Essay] Ch. 1-5

• Chapter 1
  • Locke has demonstrated that Adam did not have by natural right of fatherhood, or by donation from God dominion over the world.