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John Locke Second Treatise on Government

Locke, John. Two treatises of government. India: Cambridge University Press, 1988.

We know he read Hobbes. 

We have the appearance of the early modern themes of natural law and natural right. 

Social contract, right of rebellion and consent of the governed were daring concepts in a society that was still socially wrapped in feudal vestiages. 

Reconsideration of the relationship between God and the political authority.