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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... command him to do so ; no more than the mother could dispense with him for neglecting to honour his father : whereby it is plain , that this command of God gives the father no sovereignty , no supremacy . § 63. I agree with our author ...
... command , “ Honour thy father and mother , ” concern political dominion , it directly overthrows our author's monarchy : since it being to be paid by every child to his father , even in society , every father must necessarily have ...
... command , “ Honour thy father and mother , " give it not , but only enjoins a duty owing to parents equally , whether subjects or not , and to the mother as well as the father : if all this be so , as I think by what has been said is ...
... command and power over their own children . " The unlimited and undivided sovereignty of Adam's fatherhood , by our author's computation , stood but a little while , only during the first generation ; but as soon as he had grandchildren ...
... command ; and ideas of government in the fancy, though ever so perfect, though ever so right, cannot give laws, nor prescribe rules to the actions of men; it would be of no behoof for the settling of order, and establishment of ...
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