Locke: Political Essays / Edition 1

by John Locke, Mark Goldie

Overview

This book brings together a comprehensive collection of the writings of one of the greatest philosophers in the Western tradition. Along with five of John Locke's major essays, seventy shorter essays are included that stand outside the canonical works that Locke published during his lifetime. For the first time students will be able to fully explore the evolution of Locke's ideas concerning the philosophical foundations of morality and sociability, the boundary of church and state, the shaping of constitutions, and the conduct of government and public policy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521478618
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	09/25/1997
Series:	Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	456
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.02(d)

About the Author

One of the most famous English philosophers of the 17th century, John Locke, was also a physician and a political theorist. Locke believed that individuals are born with natural rights and is one of the founders of the liberal political philosophy. John Locke is best known for his book, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, which contains his theory of ideas. His other popular works of writing include A Letter Concerning Toleration and Two Treatises of Government.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Principal events in Locke's life; Further reading; A note on the selection; A note on the texts; Abbreviations and conventions; Part I. Major Essays: 1. First Tract on Government (1660); 2. Second Tract on Government (c. 1662); 3. Essays on the Law of Nature (1663–4); 4. An Essay on Toleration (1667); 5. The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina (1669); 6. An Essay on the Poor Law (1697); Part II. Minor Essays: seventy shorter essays and fragments on a wide range of subjects; Appendix: Extract from 'Draft B' (1671) of Human Understanding; Extract from 'A Letter from a Person of Quality' (1675); Extract from 'Study' (1677); Extract from 'Critical Notes on Stillingfleet' (1681); Locke's reading list; Checklist of Lockeana in print; Bibliography; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"I highly recommend Locke's seventy-five writings here..." S.V.H., Ethics

"...the very existence of a collection of this breadth with this sort of documentation is so remarkable that it seems wrong to criticize it. It is an excellent idea well executed." Ruth Sample, Philosophy in Review

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