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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... earth , which by no means can comprehend man , the grant being made to Noah and his sons , all the men then living , and not to one part of men over another ; which is yet more evident from the very next words , ver . 3 , where God ...
... 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 their subjects too , since God gave as full power to ...
... earth , saith the Psalmist , hath he given to the children of men , which shows the title comes from fatherhood . " These are sir Robert's words in the preface before cited , and a strange inference it is he makes : “ God hath given the ...
John Locke Ian Shapiro. and his reasoning is thus , “ God gave the earth to the children of men , ergo Adam was monarch of the world . ” I defy any man to make a more pleasant conclusion than this , which cannot be excused from the most ...
... earth , " says God in this blessing . This part of the benediction , as appears by the sequel , concerned not Noah himself at all : for we read not of any children he had after the flood ; and in the following chapter , where his ...
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