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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... 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, by fatherhood 18 30 34 VII. Of ...
... Adam's right heir ) ; as if they had designed to make war upon all government , and subvert the very founda- tions of human society , to serve their present turn . § 4. However we must believe them upon their own bare words , when they ...
... Adam , continued its course , and kept the world in order all the time of the patriarchs till the flood ; got out of the ark with Noah and his sons , made and supported all the kings of the earth till the captivity of the Israelites in ...
... Adam, he says, '' Not only Adam, but the succeeding patriarchs, had, by right of fatherhood, royal authority over their children, p. 12. This lordship, which Adam by command had over the whole world, and by right descending from him the ...
... Adam, and as large as all the acts of his will ; and as in him, so in all others that have supreme power,'' O. p. 245. § 9. I have been fain to trouble my reader with these several quotations in our A.'s own words, that in them might be ...
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