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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... principle should be implemented in practice . Finally I want to thank two Locke scholars , John Dunn and Ed Hundert , who have made me feel at home on both sides of the Atlantic , and who supported me long before I began work on this ...
... principle should be implemented in practice . Finally I want to thank two Locke scholars , John Dunn and Ed Hundert , who have made me feel at home on both sides of the Atlantic , and who supported me long before I began work on this ...
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... principle of selection has been a straightforward one . I simply excluded those works by Locke that were primarily polemi- cal , and concentrated instead on those in which he was mainly concerned to express his own views . This meant ...
... principle of selection has been a straightforward one . I simply excluded those works by Locke that were primarily polemi- cal , and concentrated instead on those in which he was mainly concerned to express his own views . This meant ...
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... principles of interpretation he had applied to St Paul . But he could not foresee the day when he himself would become the subject of seemingly endless commentary when he wrote these words in de- fence of the enterprise upon which he ...
... principles of interpretation he had applied to St Paul . But he could not foresee the day when he himself would become the subject of seemingly endless commentary when he wrote these words in de- fence of the enterprise upon which he ...
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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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absolute absolute monarchy actions Adam amongst appeal argued Ashcraft authority belong bound cassiques Christian Church civil claim command common commonwealth conscience consent constitution defend divine doctrine dominion England established executive faith father Filmer force freedom give hands hath heir human indifferent things inheritance insisted John Locke judge king labour land landgraves law of nature legislative Leo Strauss Letter Concerning Toleration liberty lives Locke's Locke's argument lords proprietors magistrate magistrate's man's mankind men's ment monarchy necessary obedience obligation opinions palatine's court parents parish parliament paternal power Patriarcha non Monarcha peace person political society possession preservation pretence prince principles punish reason religion religious rule rulers Rye House Plot Second Treatise secure Shaftesbury Socinian Straussians supposed supreme thereby thought Treatises of Government truth Tyrrell Tyrrell's unto whatsoever wherein Whig whilst worship