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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... Law of Nature , probably prepared as lectures in his capacity as Censor of Moral Philosophy at Christ Church in 1663 or 1664 , we find Locke struggling - less than altogether successfully — to render arguments from nature , rea- son ...
... nature , as the power of the father hath , no inferior power of man can limit , nor shake any law of prescription against them . " Obs . 158 . " The Scripture teaches that supreme power was originally in the father , without any ...
... law of nature directs , or positive revelation declares , may be said to be by God's appointment : but I suppose it cannot be meant here in the first sense , i.e. by providence ; because that would be to say no more , but that as soon ...
... nature it was due to Adam to be governor of his posterity . ” In which way of arguing there are two mani- fest ... law of nature , ( though it be a pretty harsh expression for it in this place ) and by monarch of the world , sovereign ...
... laws of mankind and customs of nations have ordered it so : and there is , I grant , a foundation in nature for it . § 48. Thus when God says of Jacob and Esau , " that the elder should serve the younger , ” Gen. xxv . 23 , nobody ...
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