Locke: Political WritingsJohn Locke's Second Treatise of Government (c. 1681) is perhaps the key founding liberal text. A Letter Concerning Toleration, written in 1685 ( a year when a Catholic monarch came to the throne of England and Louis XVI unleashed a reign of terror against Protestants in France), is a classic defense of religious freedom. Yet many of Locke’s other writings--not least the Constitutions of Carolina, which he helped draft--are almost defiantly anti-liberal in outlook. This comprehensive collection brings together the main published works (excluding polemical attacks on other people's views) with the most important surviving evidence from among Locke's papers relating to his political philosophy. David Wootton's wide-ranging and scholarly Introduction sets the writings in the context of their time, examines Locke's developing ideas and unorthodox Christianity, and analyzes his main arguments. The result is the first fully rounded picture of Locke’s political thought in his own words. |
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... Letter Concerning Toleration ( p . 94 ) ; Some more equal than others ? ( p . 110 ) ; Notes ( p . 119 ) . Suggestions for Further Reading 123 A Note on the Texts 131 1. Letter to S.H. [ Henry Stubbe ] ( mid - September ? 1659 ...
... Letter Concerning Toleration ( p . 94 ) ; Some more equal than others ? ( p . 110 ) ; Notes ( p . 119 ) . Suggestions for Further Reading 123 A Note on the Texts 131 1. Letter to S.H. [ Henry Stubbe ] ( mid - September ? 1659 ...
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... Letter Concerning Toleration , trans . William Popple ( 1685 ; published 1689 ) 390 22. Letter to Edward Clarke ( 29 January / 8 February 1689 ; pub- lished 1927 ) 436 23. Preface to Two Treatises of Government ( written and published ...
... Letter Concerning Toleration , trans . William Popple ( 1685 ; published 1689 ) 390 22. Letter to Edward Clarke ( 29 January / 8 February 1689 ; pub- lished 1927 ) 436 23. Preface to Two Treatises of Government ( written and published ...
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... letter to Robert Boyle , where there is no surviving manuscript ; the Constitutions of Carolina , where I have followed the first edition ; the Two Treatises , where I have followed the Christ's College copy , corrected by Locke for the ...
... letter to Robert Boyle , where there is no surviving manuscript ; the Constitutions of Carolina , where I have followed the first edition ; the Two Treatises , where I have followed the Christ's College copy , corrected by Locke for the ...
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... Letter Concerning Toleration to the Bodleian that Locke confirmed he was their author , and it is appropriate that our voyage of discovery ( a voyage we can now plan with the help of excellent maps and guides , so that it is now much ...
... Letter Concerning Toleration to the Bodleian that Locke confirmed he was their author , and it is appropriate that our voyage of discovery ( a voyage we can now plan with the help of excellent maps and guides , so that it is now much ...
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... Letter Concerning Toleration , to be finally made public . He would not have thought it inappropriate to apply to his own works the principles of interpretation he had applied to St Paul . But he could not foresee the day when he ...
... Letter Concerning Toleration , to be finally made public . He would not have thought it inappropriate to apply to his own works the principles of interpretation he had applied to St Paul . But he could not foresee the day when he ...
Contents
IV | 7 |
V | 16 |
VI | 26 |
VII | 36 |
VIII | 49 |
IX | 64 |
X | 77 |
XI | 89 |
XXXIV | 259 |
XXXV | 261 |
XXXVI | 262 |
XXXVII | 269 |
XXXVIII | 272 |
XXXIX | 273 |
XL | 286 |
XLI | 300 |
XII | 94 |
XIII | 110 |
XIV | 119 |
XV | 123 |
XVI | 131 |
XVII | 137 |
XVIII | 139 |
XIX | 141 |
XX | 146 |
XXI | 152 |
XXII | 177 |
XXIII | 184 |
XXIV | 186 |
XXV | 210 |
XXVI | 232 |
XXVII | 236 |
XXIX | 237 |
XXX | 238 |
XXXI | 240 |
XXXII | 242 |
XXXIII | 247 |
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