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How does the argument from individuation counter Filmer’s model of property and government and justify the colonial exploitation of the New World?
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How does the argument from individuation counter Filmer's model of property and government and justify the colonial exploitation of the New World? Hegel argued that all thought, including philosophy, is fundamentally "historical" in nature: the philosopher's supreme efforts are but the developed, well-organized representation and expression of the "spirit of the time" in which the philosopher happens to live.1 This notion can be confirmed by looking at John Locke's work The Two Treatises of the Government, where he sought to refute the pro-Absolutism theories from Patriarcha of Sir Robert Filmer. The content of both works symbolizes a clash between absolutism and liberalism, where the patriarchal political argument and liberal significance in rejecting it, mirrors the turbulent time the works were published at2. Moreover, another important stage in history at that time- the colonisation of the New World- is also reflected in the work of John Locke, where he tries to justify...
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