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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... paternal and regal power 7 9 III. Of Adam's title to sovereignty, by creation 14 IV. Of Adam's title to sovereignty, by donation, Gen. i. 28. V. Of Adam's title to sovereignty, by the subjection of Eve VI. Of Adam's title to sovereignty ...
... paternal, political, 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 ...
... 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 , that its power ...
... paternal government . ” This is his business from p . 12 to 19. And then , obviating an objection , and clearing a difficulty or two with one - half reason , p . 23 , " to confirm the natural right of regal power , " he ends the first ...
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