1st Edition

The Reception of Locke's Politics Vol 5 From the 1690s to the 1830s

By Mark Goldie Copyright 2000
    392 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 5 The Church, Dissent and Religious Toleration, 1689-1773 The Letter for Toleration Decipher’d, and the Absurdity and Impiety of An Absolute Toleration Demonstrated, by the Judgement of Presbyterians, Independents, and by Mr. Calvin, Mr. Baxter, and the Parliament, 1662 (1689) The Argument of the Letter Concerning Toleration, Briefly Consider’d and Answer’d (1690) A Third Letter Concerning Toleration: In Defense of the Argument of the Letter concerning Toleration, briefly Consider’d and Answer’d (1691) A Second Letter to the Author of the Three Letters for Toleration (1704) A Letter to the Author of Some Brief Observations on the Paraphrase and Notes of the Judicious John Locke, Relating to the Women’s Exercising their Spiritual Gifts in the Church (1716) The Nature of the Kingdom, or Church, of Christ. (1717) The Nature and Extent of the Office of Civil Magistrate. (1720) The Alliance between Church and State, or, the Necessity and Equity of an Established Religion and a Test-Law Demonstrated (1736) The Essential Rights and Liberties of Protestants. (1744) The Reception of Locke’s Politics: volume 5 An extract from A System of Moral Philosophy (1749) An Essay on Toleration: With a particular View to the Late Application of the Protestant Dissenting Ministers to Parliament (1773)

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    Edited by Mark Goldie