This essay will briefly outline Locke's theories about the formation of political societies as they appear in his Second Treatise of Government. ... Locke had said that when a man who is elected or chosen to rule begins to violate the life, liberty and property of the others in society, the government is no longer fulfilling its agreed upon purpose. ... During the Enlightenment, men began to question the belief system of the past and began to interpret things through science, mathematics, and laws of nature. ...

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