Two Treatises of Government · Character
Samuel
Prophet and judge, cited in debates about monarchy and divine will.
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Samuel shows up with force in Of the Beginning of Political Societies. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Referenced in the context of Israel's early judges and kings, whose authority was not absolute but limited.
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- Diverse biblical and legal authorities
- Natural law and divine right theorists
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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The emotional and psychological peak occurs as the endnotes abruptly shift from Locke’s own argument to a dens…
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