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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... paternal power over their children at the same time ; so that they are at the same time absolute lords , and yet vassals and slaves ; Adam has all the authority , as “ grandfather of the people , ” and they have a part of it as fathers ...
... paternal power , but as an absolute , unlimited authority , cannot be supposed to understand any thing else here , unless he himself had limited it , and showed how far it reached ; and that he means here paternal authority in that ...
... paternal power has royal authority ; and then , by our author's patriarchal government , there will be as many kings as there are fathers . § 71. And thus what a monarchy he hath set up , let him and his disciples consider . Princes ...
... paternal power , cannot descend to him by inheri- tance : for it being a right that accrues to a man only by begetting , no man can have this natural dominion over any one he does not beget ; unless it can be supposed that a man can ...
... paternal power or natural dominion ; and so there is an end of paternal power as the fountain of regal authority , and the so much magnified fatherhood quite vanishes . If the regal power descended to Shem as eldest , and heir to his ...
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