"The text thoughtfully engages current scholarship. The book breathes new life into the role of John Locke. And it provides a valuable perspective on the intellectual discourse of the revolutionary era."Journal of American History
"An admirable contribution to Lockean scholarship and to the historiography of the American founding."William and Mary Quarterly
"An important work of historical scholarship and interpretation. It makes a genuine contribution to the ongoing debate about Locke, liberalism, and the nature of the American founding."American Political Science Review
"Huyler's book is distinguished by the excellence of its critical encounter with Locke scholarship. Indeed, the analysis of this scholarship is generally ingenious, and often brilliant."Review of Politics
"Huyler should be recognized for creating a provocative, often compelling, book that will aid scholarly inquiry into the many issues he has examined."H-Net Reviews
"With more thoroughness than his predecessors, Huyler reveals an exceptionally comprehensive philosophy; everything Locke did is shown to have been relevant to everything else. Huyler is especially convincing on the integral relationship of Human Understanding to the Two Treatises."Political Studies
"An engaging, lively, and ambitious book."Journal of the History of Behavioral Sciences
"Huyler carries his new and persuasive interpretation of Locke onto the battlefield of American historiography and plants the flag of Lockean liberalism, rightly understood, atop the high moral and ideological ground of the founding of the American Republic. His passion is evident, but appropriately restrained. He treats the victims of his critiqueand it's a long and distinguished listgraciously and fairly. He also writes well, with flashes of eloquence."Steven M. Dworetz, author of The Unvarnished Doctrine: Locke, Liberalism, and the American Revolution