Locke: Political Writings

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Hackett Publishing, Jan 1, 2003 - Philosophy - 478 pages
John 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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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
XLII
309
XLIII
324
XLIV
327
XLV
328
XLVI
335
XLVII
337
XLVIII
344
XLIX
349
L
362
LI
363
LII
369
LIII
387
LIV
390
LV
436
LVI
438
LVII
440
LVIII
442
LIX
446
LX
462
LXI
471
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David Wootton is Anniversary Professor of History, University of York.

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