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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... Treatises of Government The First Treatise: The False Principles and Foundation of Sir Robert Filmer The Second Treatise: An Essay Concerning the True Original, Extent, and End of Civil Government A Letter Concerning Toleration Essays ...
... Second Treatise, and seemed to be validated by the right to resist that lay at the heart of Locke's argument. The ... Treatise — the entire document, if Laslett is to be believed — was written after the Second Treatise had been completed ...
... SECOND TREATISE The introduction Of the state of nature Of the state of war Of slavery Of property Of paternal power Of political or civil society Of the beginning of political societies Of the ends of political society and government ...
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