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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... authority with political absolutism creates the danger that civil authority will try to tyran- nize over the soul , which can never be justified or even , ultimately , success- ful because authentic religious belief requires “ inward ...
... authority , be what they will ; and their engagements to observe them ever so well ratified by solemn oaths and promises . To make way for this doctrine , they have denied mankind a right to natural freedom ; whereby they have not only ...
... 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 a work as this , on which was to depend the authority ...
... authority beyond any question . Bellarmine being routed by his own con- fession , p . II , the day is clear got ... authority is , before he had told us in whom it was to be found , and talked so much of it . But , perhaps , sir Robert ...
... authority, as it lies scattered in the several parts of his writings. And first, as it was vested in Adam, he says, '' Not only Adam, but the succeeding patriarchs, had, by right of fatherhood, royal authority over their children, p. 12 ...
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