To understand political power right, and derive it from its Which describes the purpose of this passage?
original, we must consider, what state all men are
naturally in, and that is, a state of perfect freedom to
O to define political power
order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and
persons, as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of
O to explain life without government
nature, without asking leave, or depending upon the will
O to explain why people dispose of their possessions
of any other man.
O to outline the bounds of the
laws of nature.
-John Locke,
Two Treatises of Government,
1690
ANSWER- to explain life without government