1st Edition

The Reception of Locke's Politics Vol 4 From the 1690s to the 1830s

By Mark Goldie Copyright 2000
    454 Pages
    by Routledge

    Locke has iconic status as the "founder of Western liberalism", yet his legacy is contested by both conservatives and social democrats. These volumes contain over 60 important texts, with scholarly annotation and explanatory headnotes, that debate Locke's political ideas.

    Volume 4 Political Reform in the Age of the French Revolution, 1780-1838 Locke, Rousseau and Filmer’s System (c.1780) A Treatise Concerning Civil Government (1781) A Vindication of the Political Principles of Mr. Locke: In Answer to the Objections of the Rev. Dr. Tucker, Dean of Gloucester (1782) Disquisitions on Several Subjects (1782) A Sketch of a Refutation of Mr. Locke (1782) from Candid Suggestions (1782) and The True Alarm (1783) The Principles of Government; in a Dialogue between a Scholar and a Peasant (1782) The Nature and Extent of Supreme Power, in a Letter to the Rev. David Williams in which Mr. Locke’s Theory of Government is Examined and Explained (1783) Letter 4 from Four Letters on Important National Subjects, Addressed to The Earl of Shelburne (1783) An extract from The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy (1785) The Reception of Locke’s Politics: volume 4 Thoughts on the Origin and Formation of Political Constitutions from The Retrospect; or, A Collection of Tracts, published at various periods of the War (1798) Introduction and Notes to An Essay concerning the True Original Extent and End of Civil Government by John Locke (1798) Defence of Locke against Lord Eldon in The Monthly Repository (1807) The Principles of Civil Obedience, laid down by Locke and Paley (1815) The Opinions of Mr. Locke from An Historical Essay on the Real Character and Amount of the Precedent of the Revolution of 1688 (1838)

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    Edited by Mark Goldie