Two Treatises of Government by John Locke
Published 1689 · 91,563 words · about 5 hours at an average pace · Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics & Society
How hard is Two Treatises of Government to read?
Two Treatises of Government scores 44 out of 100 for difficulty on ReadingRate, making it moderately challenging. The score is a weighted composite of nine measures: four of how hard the prose is to parse, five of how hard the meaning is to extract.
- Vocabulary: 42 out of 100
- 17th-century philosophical prose.
- Sentence structure: 45 out of 100
- Abstraction: 58 out of 100
- Abstract political theory.
- Information density: 55 out of 100
- Dense philosophical argument.
- Narrative indirection: 100 out of 100
- Systematic philosophical treatise.
- Symbolic density: 12 out of 100
- Analytical. Minimal symbolism.
- Ironic distance: 80 out of 100
- Earnest, systematic argument.
- Resolution withholding: 80 out of 100
- Clear prescriptions for legitimate government.
- Structural complexity: 32 out of 100
- Two treatises with systematic chapters.
How Two Treatises of Government is regarded
Two Treatises of Government holds a literary regard score of 80 out of 100, weighing its place in the canon, its critical reception, its influence on other writers, and the standing of its author. Regard is measured separately from difficulty: a demanding book is not necessarily an admired one.