Two Treatises of Government and a Letter Concerning Toleration
Two of Locke's most mature and influential political writings and three brilliant interpretive essays have been combined here in one volume. Among the most influential writings in the history of Western political thought, John Locke's "Two Treatises of Government" and "A Letter Concerning...
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Two of Locke's most mature and influential political writings and three brilliant interpretive essays have been combined here in one volume. 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 more than three centuries after they were written. Taken together, the texts in this volume offer insights into the history of ideas and the enduring influence of Locke's political thought.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781463570262 (1463570260)
Publish date: June 1st 2011
Publisher: CreateSpace
Pages no: 258
Edition language: English
Separation of powers, separation of church and State and taxation without the consent of the governed. Sound familiar? It doesn’t take long to see that Locke’s Second Treatise on Government is the philosophical grandfather to the American Revolution. One hundred years after it was written, many o...