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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... least . They have stood the test of time as captivating works , in print more or less continuously for well over three centuries and translated into all of the world's major languages . They are remarkable historical documents addressed ...
... least have given us such an account of it , that we might have had an entire notion of this fatherhood , or fatherly authority , whenever it came in our way , in his writings. * “ In grants and gifts that have their original from God or ...
... least in habit , Adam was a king from his creation . " I wish he had told us here , what he meant by God's appointment . For what- soever providence orders , or the law of nature directs , or positive revelation declares , may be said ...
... least in time , and very much distant in condition , from his creation , I cannot see , how our A. can say in this sense , that , " by God's appointment , as soon as Adam was created , he was monarch of the world . " Secondly , were it ...
... least to establish this position , with which they end , viz . “ Adam was a king from his creation ; " a king , says our author , “ not in act , but in habit , ” i . e . actually no king at all . § 20. I fear I have tired my reader's ...
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