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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... person having the power , are all the ordinances of God . The first father had not only simply power , but power monarchical , as he was father immediately from God , ” O. 254. To the same purpose , the same law is cited by our author ...
... persons who have no title to sovereignty , nor any political author- ity as magistrates over subjects . For the person of a private father , and title to obedience , due to the supreme magistrate , are things inconsistent ; and ...
... person's supremacy ; or a man's own consent subjects him to a superior . This is so plain , that our author confesses that sir John Hayward , Blackwood , and Barclay , " the great vindicators of the right of kings , ” could not deny it ...
... person , and estab- lish the throne of monarchs , whom the people are to obey ; may , according to sir Robert , come into any hands , any how , and so by his politics give to democracy royal authority , and make an usurper a lawful ...
... persons . And which then was to give way to the other ? 66 § 76. Let us take the account of it , as he himself gives it us . He tells us out of Grotius , that " Adam's children , by donation , assignation , or some kind of cession ...
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