Two Treatises of Government · Character
Barclay
Political theorist cited in arguments about resistance and tyranny.
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First appearance: xviii of tyranny
Barclay shows up with force in I. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Mentioned as one of the writers who, along with Heyward and Blackwood, defended the rights of kings but admitted natural liberty and equality.
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In I: Mentioned as one of the writers who, along with Heyward and Blackwood, defended the rights of kings but admitted natural liberty and equality. Later, in Of Adam’s Title to Sovereignty by Fatherhood: Listed among…
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- Diverse biblical and legal authorities
- Natural law and divine right theorists
- Patriarchal lineage and inheritance
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