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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... on toleration gave no clue of the radical tolerationist stand in the Letter Concerning Toleration that was first published anonymously in Latin in 1689 (though probably written while he was in exile in 1685) and translated into English ...
... Toleration,” and Paul J. Kelly, “John Locke: Authority, Conscience, and Religious Toleration,” in Susan Mendus and John Horton, eds., A Letter Concerning Toleration in Focus (London: Routledge, 1991), pp. 57-77 and pp. 125146, for the ...
... on them to be teachers, have so dangerously misled others, should be openly showed of what authority this their ... concerning government; that so at last all times might not have reason to complain of the “ drum ecclesiastic.” If ...
... on purpose to set up the absolute monarchical power of Adam, in opposition to the natural freedom of mankind, has said so little to prove it, from whence it is rather naturally to be concluded, that there is little to be said. § I4. But ...
... on supposition of his private dominion, which was, by God's positive grant, “monarch of the world by appointment;” or king on supposition of his fatherly power over his offspring, which was by nature, “ due by the right of nature ...
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