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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... never be a proof of such a donation . § 17. On the other side , the matter will not be much mended , if we understand by God's appointment the law of nature , ( though it be a pretty harsh expression for it in this place ) and by ...
... be as good as the other ; but it can never be true that what the express words grant in possession , and in common , may best be understood to be in reversion . The sum of all his reasoning amounts to 24 First Treatise.
... never be proved) that Adam had any such private dominion : and since parallel places of Scripture are most probable to make us know how they may be best understood, there needs but the comparing this blessing here to Noah and his sons ...
... never was any such property , that God never gave any such private dominion ; since it is more reasonable to think , that God , who bid mankind increase and multiply , should rather himself give them all a right to make use of the food ...
... it is capable of : since there can be no reason why naturally one man should have any claim or pretence of right over that in another , which was never his , which he bestowed not , but was received from the bounty of First Treatise 35.
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