The interpretation of Locke’s Two Treatises in Britain, 1778–1956

British Journal for the History of Philosophy 28 (3):483-500 (2020)
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This paper describes how Locke’s Two Treatises of Government was read in Britain from Josiah Tucker to Peter Laslett. It focuses in particular upon how Locke’s readers responded to his detailed and...

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Natural right and history.Leo Strauss - 1953 - Chicago,: University of Chicago Press.
Reflections on the Revolution in France.Edmund Burke - 2009 - London: Oxford University Press.
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