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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... O. for his Observations on Hobbes, Milton, &c. And that a bare quotation of pages always means pages of his Patriarcha, edit. 1680. OF THE TWO TREATISES OF GOVERNMENT. Chap. BOOK I: FIRST 4 Two Treatises of Government.
... means by it a proprietor of all the world , exclusive of the rest of mankind , and thus he does in the same page of his preface before cited : “ Adam , says he , being commanded to multiply and people the earth , and subdue it , and ...
... means nothing to be granted to Adam here but property , and therefore he says not one word of Adam's monarchy . But our author says , “ Adam was hereby monarch of the world , " which , properly speaking , signifies sov- ereign ruler of ...
... means can comprehend man , the grant being made to Noah and his sons , all the men then living , and not to one part of men over another ; which is yet more evident from the very next words , ver . 3 , where God gives every w " every ...
... means signify Adam alone . In the 26th verse , where God declares his intention to give this dominion , it is plain he meant that he would make a species of creatures that should have dominion over the other species of this terrestrial ...
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