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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... arguments about freedom of conscience and belief , the relations between religion and politics , the nature of property ... argument in the modern West . Locke's views on all these subjects are taken up in the interpretive essays that ...
... arguments of the Second Treatise , and seemed to be validated by the right to resist that lay at the heart of Locke's argument . The received view of Locke as the philosopher of the Revolution and the Two Treatises as his manifesto has ...
... argument takes . Just as the exact role of Locke's ideas in English politics of the 1680s continues to be debated by ... arguments have often been sources of political inspiration and activism to a greater degree than the historical ...
... arguments from nature , rea- son , and Scripture mutually compatible . This concern would preoccupy him for the rest of his life , with decisive implications for his moral and political philosophy . " To the extent that the young Locke ...
... arguing against toleration for Catholics ( along with atheists and " Mahometans " ) at the same time as it presses ... argument in On Liberty , even if Mill's principle is more capacious in extending the realm of what must be tolerated ...
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