This is the revised version of Peter Laslett’s acclaimed edition of Two Treatises of Government, which is widely recognised as one of the classic pieces of recent scholarship in the history of ideas, read and used by students of political theory throughout the world. This new edition revises Dr[...]

This is a reinterpretation of Locke's political thought. The author restores Locke's ideas to their exact context, and so stresses the historical question of what Locke in the "Two Treatises of Government" was intending to claim, and its predominantly theological character.[...]

In "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding", first published in 1690, John Locke (1632-1704) provides a complete account of how we acquire everyday, mathematical, natural scientific, religious and ethical knowledge. Rejecting the theory that some knowledge is innate in us, Locke argues that it deri[...]

Briefly describes the life of the English philosopher, discusses the major themes of his work, and assesses Locke's influence on modern thought.[...]

Published in 1689, John Locke's pioneering investigation into the origins, certainty, and extent of human knowledge set the groundwork for modern philosophy and influenced psychology, literature, political theory, and other areas of human thought and expression.[...]

Early modern Europe was the birthplace of the modern secular outlook. During the seventeenth century nature and human society came to be regarded in purely naturalistic, empirical ways, and religion was made an object of critical historical study. John Locke was a central figure in all these events.[...]

Peter Anstey presents a thorough and innovative study of John Locke's views on the method and content of natural philosophy. Focusing on Locke's Essay concerning Human Understanding, but also drawing extensively from his other writings and manuscript remains, Anstey argues that Locke was an advocate[...]

This collection considers one of the most important figures of the modern canon of political philosophy, John Locke. A physician by training and profession, Locke not only wrote one of the most important and well-known treatises of the modern canon, but also made important contributions in the areas[...]

This comprehensive collection of John Locke's revolutionary writings is the only student edition that includes, in addition to his pioneering political texts, selections from his ethical, epistemological and religious writings. This volume also includes writings by the major political theorists who [...]