... years, many European philosophers like John Locke, Baron Montesquieu, Jean Jacques Rousseau, and Voltaire started thinking in a more modern way. Modern meaning how our natural rights are affected by government and also how human life can become affected. During this time of changed thinking in Europe, one philosopher, John Locke, wrote a book called Second Treatise on Government. In his book, Locke states that political power is the ... natural power of each man that they have given up into the hands of a society. According to Locke, the reason for political power is the right to make l...

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