| Acknowledgements | | viii | |
| Preface | | 1 | (6) |
| Introduction | | 7 | (116) |
| | 7 | (9) |
| | 16 | (10) |
| | 26 | (10) |
| | 36 | (13) |
| | 49 | (15) |
| The First Treatise of Government |
| | 64 | (13) |
| The Second Treatise of Government |
| | 77 | (12) |
| Interlude: seeds and trees, locks and ciphers |
| | 89 | (5) |
| A Letter Concerning Toleration |
| | 94 | (16) |
| Some more equal than others? |
| | 110 | (9) |
| | 119 | (4) |
| Suggestions for Further Reading | | 123 | (8) |
| A Note on the Texts | | 131 | (6) |
| 1. Letter to S.H. [Henry Stubbe] (mid-September? 1659; published 1967) | | 137 | (402) |
| 2. Letter to Tom (2o October 1659; published 1976) | | 539 | |
| 3. From: 'Question: Whether the civil magistrate may lawfully impose and determine the use of indifferent things in reference to religious worship. Answer: Yes' (First Tract on Government, 1660; published 1961) | | 141 | (5) |
| 4. 'Preface to the Reader' from the First Tract on Government (1661; published 1961) | | 146 | (6) |
| 5. 'Question: Can the civil magistrate specify indifferent things to be included within the order of divine worship, and impose them upon the people? Answer: Yes' (Second Tract on Government, c. 1662; published 1961). Translated from the Latin | | 152 | (25) |
| 6. 'Question: Is each man's private interest the foundation of the law of nature? Answer: No' (Essays on the Lam of Nature, No. VIII, 1664; published 1954). Translated from the Latin | | 177 | (7) |
| 7. Letter to the Hon. Robert Boyle (12/22 December 1665; published 1744) | | 184 | (2) |
| 8. An Essay Concerning Toleration (1667; published 1876) | | 186 | (24) |
| 9. The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina (1669; published c. 1670) | | 210 | (22) |
| 10. 'Philanthropy, or The Christian Philosophers' (1675; published 1972) | | 232 | (2) |
| 11. 'Obligation of Penal Laws' (Journal, 25 February 1676; published 1829) | | 234 | (2) |
| 12. 'Law' (Journal, 21 April 1678; published 1829) | | 236 | (1) |
| 13. 'Credit, Disgrace' (Journal, 12 December 1678; published 1829) | | 236 | (1) |
| 14. 'The Idea We Have of God' (Journal, 1 August 1680; published 1829) | | 237 | (1) |
| 15. 'Inspiration' (Journal, 3 April 1681; published 1829) | | 238 | (2) |
| 16. 'Virtus' (1681; from the 1661 Commonplace Book; published 1829) | | 240 | (2) |
| 17. From The First Treatise of Government (c. 1681, published 1689) | | 242 | (17) |
| CHAPTER FIVE: Of Adam's Title to sovereignty by the Subjection of Eve |
| | 242 | (7) |
| CHAPTER NINE: Of Monarchy by Inheritance from Adam |
| | 249 | (10) |
| 18. 'Two sorts of Knowledge' (Journal, 26 June 1681; published 1829) | | 259 | (2) |
| 19. The Second Treatise of Government (c. 1681, published 1689) | | 261 | (126) |
| | 261 | (1) |
| CHAPTER TWO: Of the State of Nature |
| | 262 | (7) |
| CHAPTER THREE: Of the State of War |
| | 269 | (3) |
| | 272 | (1) |
| CHAPTER FIVE: Of Property |
| | 273 | (13) |
| CHAPTER SIX: Of Paternal Power |
| | 286 | (14) |
| CHAPTER SEVEN: Of Political or Civil Society |
| | 300 | (9) |
| CHAPTER EIGHT: Of the Beginning of Political Societies |
| | 309 | (15) |
| CHAPTER NINE: Of the Ends of Political Society and Government |
| | 324 | (3) |
| CHAPTER TEN: Of the Forms of a Commonwealth |
| | 327 | (1) |
| CHAPTER ELEVEN: Of the Extent of the Legislative Power |
| | 328 | (7) |
| CHAPTER TWELVE: Of the Legislative, Executive, and Federative Power of the Commonwealth |
| | 335 | (2) |
| CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Of the Subordination of the Powers of the Commonwealth |
| | 337 | (7) |
| CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Of Prerogative |
| | 344 | (5) |
| CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Of Paternal, Political, and Despotical Power Considered Together |
| | 349 | (3) |
| CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Of Conquest |
| | 352 | (10) |
| CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Of Usurpation |
| | 362 | (1) |
| CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: Of Tyranny |
| | 363 | (6) |
| CHAPTER NINETEEN: Of the Dissolution of Government |
| | 369 | (18) |
| 20. Letter to Edward Clarke (27 January/6 February 1685; published 1927) | | 387 | (3) |
| 21. A Letter Concerning Toleration, trans. William Popple (1685; published 1689) | | 390 | (46) |
| 22. Letter to Edward Clarke (29 January/8 February 1689; published 1927) | | 436 | (2) |
| 23. Preface to Two Treatises of Government (written and published 1689) | | 438 | (2) |
| 24. 'Labour' (1693; from the 1661 Commonplace Book; published 1991) | | 440 | (2) |
| 25. 'Venditio' (1695; from the 1661 Commonplace Book; published 1968) | | 442 | (4) |
| 26. Draft of a Representation Containing a Scheme of Methods for the Employment of the Poor. Proposed by Mr Locke, the 26th October 1697 (published 1789) | | 446 | (16) |
| Bibliography | | 462 | (9) |
| Index | | 471 | |
