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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... mankind, I should find nothing but a rope of sand; useful perhaps to such whose skill and business it is to raise a dust, and would blind the people, the better to mislead them; but in truth not of any force to draw those into bondage ...
... mankind a right to natural freedom ; whereby they have not only , as much as in them lies , exposed all subjects to the utmost misery of tyranny and oppression , but have also unsettled the titles and shaken the thrones of princes ...
... mankind , has said so little to prove it , from whence it is rather naturally to be concluded , that there is little to be said . § 14. But that I might omit no care to inform myself in our author's full sense , I consulted his ...
... mankind , though I have always believed the creation of Adam . He was created , or began to exist , by God's immediate power , without the intervention of parents , or the pre - existence of any of the same species to beget him , when ...
... mankind : for then the sentence under consideration must run thus : “ By the law of nature , as soon as Adam was created he was governor of mankind , for by right of nature it was due to Adam to be governor of his posterity ; " which ...
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