This can be a new revised model of Dr. Laslett's common variation of 2 Treatises. First released in 1960, and in response to an research of the total physique of Locke's guides, writings, and papers. The creation and textual content were revised to include references to fresh scholarship because the moment variation and the bibliography has been up-to-date.
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