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 , resistance , and the foundations of political legit- imacy that have become perennials of political argument in the modern West . Locke's views on all these subjects are taken up in the interpretive essays that follow the texts ...
... rules of method he should have first de- fined . " And by the like rule of method , sir Robert should have told us what his fatherhood , or fatherly authority is , before he had told us in whom it was to be found , and talked so much of ...
... rule and dominion over all earthly creatures whatsoever , and thereby over his children ; and so he was monarch : for , as Mr. Selden has properly worded it , “ Adam was made general lord of all things , " one may very clearly ...
... rule and domin- ion, as being possessor of all the land in the world: any of these being sufficient to enable me to save a man's life, who would perish, if such assistance were denied him; and any thing, by this rule, that may be an ...
... rule , in any text , be but once named , and presently absolute monarchy is by divine right established . If any one will but carefully read our author's own reasoning from these words , O. 244 , and consider , among other things ...
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