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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... hath been so sparing of them . In his Observations on Mr. Hobbes's Leviathan , I think he has put , in short , all those arguments for it together , which in his writings I find him any where to make use of : his words are these : " If ...
... hath he given to the children of men , which shows the title comes from fatherhood . " § 22. Before I examine this argument , and the text on which it is founded , it is necessary to desire the reader to observe , that our author ...
... 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 earth to the children of men ...
... hath not left one man so to the mercy of another , that he may starve him if he please : God , the Lord and Father of all , has given no one of his children such a property in his peculiar portion of the things of this world , but that ...
... hath to order the things of private concernment in his family , as proprietory of the goods and land there , and to have his will take place before that of his wife in all things of their common concern- ment ; but not a political power ...
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