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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... forces : for having done that , I observe not that he states the question , or rallies up any arguments to make good his opinion , but rather tells us the story as he thinks fit of this strange kind of domineering phantom called the ...
... force but during their life, if they be not ratified by the express consent, or by suf- ferance of the prince following, especially privileges, O. p. 279. The reason why laws have been also made by kings, was this: when kings were ...
... men , who have so much cried up this book , to consider , whether they do not give the world cause to suspect , that it is not the force of reason and argument that makes them for absolute monarchy , but some First Treatise 13.
... force of arguments and opposition , but by the intricacy of the words , and the doubtfulness of the meaning ; let us go on to his next argument , for Adam's sovereignty . Our author tells us in the words of Mr. Selden , that “ Adam by ...
... force of the text in hand . The words are the curse of God upon the woman for having been the first and forwardest in the disobedience ; and if we will consider the occasion of what God says here to our first parents , that he was ...
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