Two Treatises of Government and A Letter Concerning TolerationTwo of Locke’s most mature and influential political writings and three brilliant interpretive essays combined in an outstanding volume "The new standard edition of Locke for students of political theory. Dunn, Grant, and Shapiro combine authoritative historical scholarship and contemporary political theory to give us Locke for our time."—Elisabeth H. Ellis, Texas A&M University Among the most influential writings in the history of Western political thought, John Locke’s Two Treatises of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration remain vital to political debates today, more than three centuries after they were written. The complete texts appear in this volume, accompanied by interpretive essays by three prominent Locke scholars. Ian Shapiro’s introduction places Locke’s political writings in historical and biographical context. John Dunn explores both the intellectual context in which Locke wrote the Two Treatises of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration and the major interpretive controversies surrounding their meaning. Ruth Grant offers a comprehensive discussion of Locke’s views on women and the family, and Shapiro contributes an essay on the democratic elements of Locke’s political theory. Taken together, the texts and essays in this volume offer invaluable insights into the history of ideas and the enduring influence of Locke’s political thought. |
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... , and despotical power, considered together 176 XVI. Of conquest 178 XVII. Of usurpation 187 XVIII. Of tyranny 188 XIX. Of the dissolution of government 193 Of Government. BOOK I: FIRST TREATISE CHAPTER I. § 1. 6 Two Treatises of ...
John Locke Ian Shapiro. Of. Government. BOOK. I: FIRST. TREATISE. CHAPTER. I. § 1. Slavery is so vile and miserable an estate of man, and so directly opposite to the generous temper and courage of our nation, that it is hardly to be ...
... CHAPTER II . Of paternal and regal Power . 66 § 6. Sir Robert Filmer's great position is , that men are not naturally free . " This is the foundation on which his absolute monarchy stands , and from which it erects itself to an height ...
... chapter of his Patriarcha . But instead thereof , having , 1. En passant , made his obeisance to the arcana imperii , p . 5 ; 2. Made his com- pliment to the “ rights and liberties of this or any other nation , ” p . 6 , which he is ...
... chapters , to prove the absolute power of Adam , which is his great principle : and yet , as if he had there settled it upon sure demonstration , he begins his second chapter with these words , “ By confer- ring these proofs and reasons ...
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