greykit.essays — Sources Of Liberty/john-locke

• 1689 [sources-of-liberty] Second Treatise of Government

  Locke's foundational argument for government by consent, natural rights, and the right of revolution — the deepest source of the American founding.

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• 1689-01-01 [sources-of-liberty] A Letter Concerning Toleration

  Locke's argument that the magistrate's power reaches only civil interests, not the salvation of souls — the founding text of the liberal case for religious liberty.

  #enlightenment#1680s#letter#religious-toleration#liberty#natural-rights#self-government