Philosophy Book Club: John Locke’s “Two Treatises of Government” Monday, April 14 from 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. (DeMayo room)

Philosophers, put on your thinking caps and join us for our next meeting of Philosophy Book Club, Two Treatises of Government by John Locke. To join the discussion, please check out a copy at Main Circulation and contact Chris Hemingway, Reference Librarian & group facilitator, directly at either 203-468-3890 or [email protected].

Two Treatises of Government is a work of political philosophy published anonymously in 1689 by John Locke. The First Treatise attacks patriarchalism in the form of sentence-by-sentence refutation of Robert Filmer’s Patriarcha, while the Second Treatise outlines Locke’s ideas for a more civilized society based on natural rights and contract theory. The book is a key foundational text in the theory of liberalism.

Extra parking is available at East Haven Town Hall (250 Main Street), KeyBank (after 12:00 p.m. on Saturdays and after 5:00 p.m. on weekdays), and in the Stop and Shop lot behind the library.