The Mind of John Locke
The Mind of John Locke
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USDJohn Locke (1632–1704) is a central figure in the history of thought, and in liberal doctrine especially. This major study brings a range of his wider views to bear upon his political theory. Every political theorist has a vision, a view about the basic features of life and society, as well as technique which mediates this into propositions about politics. Locke's vision spanned questions concerning Christian worship, ethics, political economy, medicine, the human understanding, revealed theology and education. This study shows how the character of these wider concerns informed Two Treatises of Government, especially in respect of a view of divine teleology, and situated a distinctive view of politics which treated the state and the church in parallel terms.
- One of the most complex and most important studies of the thought of John Locke
- Relates what Locke thought about religion, education, medicine, ethics, and other topics, to his political thought
- A major addition to the really essential literature on one of the most central figures in the history of thought
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"This is an impressively learned and detailed historical account of Locke's political theory....If one is seeking a thorough, judicious, and scholarly account of Locke's political theory, especially if one is interested in its relationship to other aspcets of his thought and the ideas of his contemporaries, then Harris's book has much to commend it....a serious and substantial contribution to Locke scholarship." Ethics
"This is the first study to explain convincingly and against a larger background of theological-philosophical coherenece Locke's changing position on church-state relations spanning the Two Tracts of 1660-62. the Essay on Toleration of 1667, A Defense of Nonconformity (1682) and ending with the classic Letter (Latin, 1685; English, 1689)." Journal of Church and State
"Harris's work is a substantial contribution to the literature regarding John Locke." Church History
"There is much of interest in Harris's argument." Journal of Modern History
"The thrust of Harris' superb scholarship is to find consistency and interrelatedness where some have emphasized inconsistencies and contradictions, and its main value is to illuminate the interplay of religion and politics in Locke's mind." Choice
Product details
September 1998Paperback
9780521638722
452 pages
229 × 153 × 28 mm
0.725kg
Available
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Preface to the revised edition
- Acknowledgements
- A note on citations
- Introduction
- Prelude
- 1. Order and its values
- Part I. A Developing Mind and Locke's Early Politics
- 2. The problem of church and state
- 3. Exploring natural law
- 4 Toleration, church and state
- 5. A philosophical position and its political origins
- Part II. Church and State:
- 6. From 'An essay concerning Toleration' to the Epistola de Tolerantia
- 7. The mind of Locke and Two Treatises of Government
- Part III: Some Intellectual Consequences of Locke's Political Theory:
- 8. On natural law and its obligation
- 9. Theology and conduct in Some Thoughts Concerning Education
- 10. Reinterpreting Christianity
- Conclusion.
