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Second Treatise of Government

by John Locke (1632–1704)

Portrait of John Locke — Godfrey Kneller · Public domain

20 chapters, about 53,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

PREFACE 800 words
CHAPTER. I. 300 words
OF THE STATE OF NATURE. 2,000 words
OF THE STATE OF WAR. 1,500 words
OF SLAVERY. 600 words
OF PROPERTY. 5,900 words
OF PATERNAL POWER. 5,500 words
OF POLITICAL OR CIVIL SOCIETY. 4,400 words
OF THE BEGINNING OF POLITICAL SOCIETIES. 6,500 words
OF THE ENDS OF POLITICAL SOCIETY AND GOVERNMENT. 1,200 words
OF THE FORMS OF A COMMON-WEALTH. 400 words
OF THE EXTENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE POWER. 2,800 words
CHAPTER. XII. 800 words
CHAPTER. XIII. 2,700 words
OF PREROGATIVE. 2,200 words
CHAPTER. XV. 1,200 words
OF CONQUEST. 4,300 words
OF USURPATION. 400 words
OF TYRANNY. 1,900 words
OF THE DISSOLUTION OF GOVERNMENT. 7,600 words

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