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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... mankind but his own posterity . What such necessary connexion there is betwixt Adam's creation and his right to government , so that a “ natural freedom of mankind cannot be supposed without the denial of the creation of Adam , " I ...
... 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 appear if we consider the words of it : for since all positive grants ...
... mankind slaves to Adam and his heirs , by giving Adam 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 ...
... mankind in common , and not to Adam in particular . The word them in the text must include the species of man , for it is certain them can by no means signify Adam alone . In the 26th verse , where God declares his intention to give ...
... mankind above the other kinds of creatures in this habitable earth of ours . It is nothing but the giving to man , the whole species of man , as the chief inhabitant , who is the image of his Maker , the dominion over the other ...
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