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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... prove this grand position of his , he tells us , p . 12 , " Men are born in subjection to their parents , " and therefore cannot be free . And this authority of parents he calls " royal authority , " p . 12 , 14 , " fatherly authority ...
... proved this with arguments clear and evi- dent, suitable to the weightiness of the cause. That since men had nothing else left them, they might in slavery have such undeniable proofs of its necessity, that their consciences might be ...
... prove the absolute power of Adam , which is his great principle : and yet , as if he had there settled it upon sure demonstration , he begins his second chapter with these words , “ By confer- ring these proofs and reasons , drawn from ...
... prove it , from whence it is rather naturally to be concluded , that there is little to be said . § 14. But that I might omit no care to inform myself in our author's full sense , I consulted his Observations on Aristotle , Hobbes , & c ...
... prove it ; but it would always be a false inference that God , by a positive donation , “ ap- pointed Adam monarch of the world , because by right of nature it was due to Adam to be governor of his posterity : ” for having given him the ...
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