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This is as good a collection of Locke's most historically valuable works as you're likely to find. I rate it highly less because I am enamored with Locke's writing - let's face it, no one is coming to this volume for the electrifying prose - but more because it's most of what you want in one place. It also has the very good benefit of a long and useful introduction (the first hundred pages or so of this text is an extended essay from the editor) placing Locke in historical context and teasing ou...
Very quotable, even if much of what he says I disagree with. Still, he is the foundation for much of America's thoughts on property and government rights (Life, Liberty & Property) and so I set out to read his words. He is logical and eloquent even when I believe him to be wrong (such as much of the letters). Still, interesting read of political philosophy and much more entertaining than Hobbes.
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Gotta love Locke.
I can only do John Lock on a very limited basis. I'll have to pick this up in a month or two.
Not enough people in the US even understand the theory underlying private property. This book will fill that educational gap to some degree.
One of the few philosophy books that was actually a joy to read in college.
John Locke was the father of Classical Liberalism, closer today to libertarianism than anything else. This contains his best known works and some of his letters. Includes The Second Treatise of Government, The Letter Concerning Toleration, and the Constitution of the Carolina Colony. The first 100 pages are a history lesson placing his works in context. The historical preface sets the stage for Locke's works. He lived through the English Civil War, the protestant reign of Charles II, the Catholi...
I give this book only three stars for several reasons:1. I read this book for school, meaning that I had several meaningful discussions and seminars about Locke's philosophy and how it relates both to history and current affairs. These discussions were probably the only interesting part about reading Locke. 2. While Locke is a good author and brings up many, many interesting and thought-provoking points, his writing is EXTREMELY dry and hard to willingly get through. If I were reading this for p...
Although I have fundamental issues with Locke's extension of the covenant to almost every aspect of life, I found his political rebellion theory to be fascinating. Locke is tremendously sarcastic which was a very fun surprise.
another horrible piece of literature. so classist, racist and colonialist. didn’t understand a thing he said as it was again, all about the Christian church. If you want to read Western philosophy, you have to have a thorough understanding of Christianity.
Read Second Treatise on Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration for a university course. The Hackett edition is very well produced and curated, and Wooton's introduction is a lovely introduction to both the expressly political texts and Locke's writing on religious toleration. For anyone looking for a compendium of Locke's work, this edition is strong on both context and primary source documents.
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Excellent! Describes the social contract, civil society, toleration, and the true foundations of government and democracy.
