PeterLaslett’seditoinofLocke’sTwoTreatisesofGovermentiswidely
recognisedasoneoftheclassicpiecesofrecentscholarshipinthehistoryofideas,andhasbeenreadandusedbystudentsofpoliticaltheorythroughouttheworld.DrLaslettdemonstratedthatversionusuallycitedwasinnowayarepresentationofthattextforposterityLockeleftbehind,andexhaustiveanalysisofLoke’sprivatepapersandpersonallibrarycausedDrLaslettradicallytoalerthereceivedthattheTwoTreatiseswereinanysensearationalisationoftheeventsof1688:Locke’stextswereratheracallforarevolutionyettocome.