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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... monarch in habit , but not in act , will serve the turn , I should not much envy it to any of sir Robert's friends ... monarch of the world ? " For it may as well be said of Noah , that as soon as he was born he was monarch of the world ...
... monarch ; " or , for the cause of it , as he says , p . II , " creation made man prince of his posterity ? " How farther can one judge of the truth of his being thus king , till one has examined whether king be to be taken , as the ...
... monarch ; or , 2dly , that it gave him rule and dominion over all earthly creatures whatsoever , and thereby over his children ; and so he was monarch : for , as Mr. Selden has properly worded it , “ Adam was made general lord of all ...
... 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 con- vey no more than the ...
... monarchs in habit , for the rareness of the discovery . And by this time , I hope it is evident , that he that gave ... monarch of the world : " but the grant being to them , i . e . spoken to Eve also , as many interpreters think with ...
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