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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... parents , " and therefore cannot be free . And this authority of parents he calls " royal authority , " p . 12 , 14 , " fatherly authority , right of fatherhood , " p . 12 , 20. One would have thought he would , in the beginning of such ...
... parents , or subjects of their kings , if he should have given us the whole draught to- gether , in that gigantic form he had painted it in his own fancy ; and there- fore, like a wary physician, when he would have his IO First Treatise.
... parents, succeed to the exercise of supreme jurisdiction, p. 19. As kingly power is by the law of God, so it hath no inferior law to limit it; Adam was lord of all, p. 40. The father of a family governs by no other law than by his own ...
... parents , or the pre - existence of any of the same species to beget him , when it pleased God he should ; and so did the lion , the king of beasts , before him , by the same creating power of God : and if bare existence by that power ...
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