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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... inheritance from Adam 52 54 X. Of the heir to Adam's monarchical power 64 XI. Who heir ? 66 BOOK II: SECOND TREATISE Chap. I. The introduction II. Of the state of nature III. Of the state of war 100 101 107 IV. Of slavery V. Of property ...
... inheritance . " The killing of their children , though it were fashionable , was charged on them as innocent blood , and so had in the account of God the guilt of murder , as the offering them to idols had the guilt of idolatry . § 59 ...
... inheritance is the only way he allows of conveying monarchical power to princes . In other places he tells us , O. 155 , “ All power on earth is either derived or usurped from the fatherly power , ” O. 158. " All kings that now are , or ...
... inheritance , sometimes only inheritance or usurpation , sometimes all these three , and at last election , or any other means , added to them , the ways whereby Adam's royal authority , that is , his right to supreme rule , could be ...
... inheritance only of violence and rapine. Men too might as often and as innocently change their governors, as they do their physi- cians, if the person cannot be known who has a right to direct me, and whose prescriptions I am bound to ...
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