We know more about the development of John Locke's ideas than we do about almost any other philosopher's before modern times. This book brings together a compre

This study provides a comprehensive reinterpretation of the meaning of Locke's political thought. John Dunn restores Locke's ideas to their exact context, and s

John Locke's Second Treatise of Government (c. 1681) is perhaps the key founding liberal text. A Letter Concerning Toleration, written in 1685 (a year when a Ca

The essays reflect Locke's position as a polymath and recontextualise his ideas through the juxtaposition of various academic approaches.

John Locke's account of natural law, which forms the very basis of his political philosophy, has troubled many critics over time. The two works that shed light