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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... rule over thee.'' It would, I think, have been a hard matter for any body, but our author, to have found out a grant of '' monarchical government to Adam'' in these words, which were neither spoken to, nor of him : neither will any one ...
... rule and subject be but found in the text or margin , and it immediately signifies the duty of a subject to his prince ; the relation is changed , and though God says husband , sir Robert will have it king ; Adam has presently absolute ...
... rule, which nature teaches all things, of self-preservation ; and the preservation of their young, as the strongest principle in them, over-rules the constitution of their par- ticular natures. Thus we see, when their young stand in ...
... rules , than cities and palaces , where those that call themselves civil and rational , go out of their way , by the authority of example . If precedents are sufficient to establish a rule in this case , our author might have found in ...
... rule of the word of God , to make it comply with his present occasion ; a way of proceeding not unusual to those who embrace not truths because reason and revelation offer them , but espouse tenets and parties for ends different from ...
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