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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... monarch because of his pro - Catholic policies - plots in which certainly Shaftesbury , and probably Locke , were deeply implicated . It also seems clear that much of the material in the First Treatise — the entire document , if Laslett ...
... monarch , and so are all princes ever since . 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 ...
... monarch which hath been since the creation, p. 13. Dominion of life and death, making war, and concluding peace, p. 13. Adam and the patriarchs had absolute power of life and death, p. 35. Kings, in the right of parents, succeed to the ...
... monarch . § 16. But let us see how he puts his creation and this appointment together . " By the appointment of God , says sir Robert , as soon as Adam was created , he was monarch of the world , though he had no subjects ; for though ...
... monarch of the world . " Secondly , were it true , that God's actual donation “ appointed Adam monarch of the world , as soon as he was created , " yet the reason here given for it would not prove it ; but it would always be a false ...
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