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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... dominion given him over all creatures , was thereby the monarch of the whole world . None of his posterity had any right to possess any thing , but by his grant or permission , or by succession from him . The earth , saith the Psalmist ...
... dominion over the in- ferior creatures , but right in common with all mankind ; so neither was he monarch upon the account of the property here given him . § 25. 1. That this donation , Gen. i . 28 , gave Adam no power over men , will ...
... dominion of man , as they were designed , ver . 26 ; nor do these words contain in them the least appearance of any thing that can be wrested to signify God's giving to one man dominion over another , to Adam over his posterity . § 27 ...
... dominion over " every living thing that moveth on the earth , ” ch . i . 28 , as our author would have it ; methinks sir Robert should have carried his monarchical power one step higher , and satisfied the world that princes might eat ...
... dominion , it is plain he meant that he would make a species of creatures that should have dominion over the other species of this terrestrial globe . The words are , “ And God said , let us make man in our image , after our likeness ...
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