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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... tell thee. These which remain I hope are sufficient to establish the throne of our great restorer, our present king William; to make good his title in the consent of the people ; which being the only one of all lawful governments, he ...
... tell us , " We are all born slaves , and we must continue so ; " there is no remedy for it ; life and thraldom we entered into together , and can never be quit of the one till we part with the other . Scripture or reason , I am sure ...
... tells us , p . 12 , " Men are born in subjection to their parents , " and therefore cannot be free . And this ... tells us , it is unlimited , and unlimitable * ; he should at least have given us such an account of it , that we might ...
... tells us the story as he thinks fit of this strange kind of domineering phantom called the father- hood , which whoever could catch presently got empire , and unlimited abso- lute power . He acquaints us how this fatherhood began in ...
... tells us , “ A natural freedom of mankind cannot be supposed , without the denial of the creation of Adam : ” but how Adam's being created , which was nothing but his receiving a being , immediately from Omnipotency , and the hand of ...
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