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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... king must by necessity be above the laws, p. 100. A perfect kingdom is that, wherein the king rules all things, according to his own will, p. 100. Neither common nor statute laws are, or can be, any diminution of that general power, which ...
... kings , is delivered in the terms , Honour thy father ; as if all power were originally in the father . " And why may I not add as well , that in the decalogue the law that enjoins obedience to queens , is delivered in the terms of ...
... Kings ; he 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 ...
... king of beasts , before him , by the same creating power of God : and if bare existence by that power , and in that way , will give dominion , without any more ado , our A. by this argument , will make the lion have as good a title to ...
... king without subjects . And thus sir Robert was an author before he writ his book ; not in act , it is true , but in habit ; for when he had once published it , it was due to him , by the right of nature , to be an author , as much as ...
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