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In a focused assessment of one of the founding members of the liberal tradition in philosophy and a self-proclaimed "Under-Labourer" working to support the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century, the author maps the full range of John Locke's highly influential ideas, which even today remain at the heart of debates about the nature of reality and our knowledge of it, as well as our moral and political rights and duties.Comprehensive introduction to the full range of Locke's ideas, providing an up-to-date account that acknowledges issues raised by recent scholarship over the past decadeA well-rounded perspective on one of the intellectual giants of the western philosophical traditionProvides detailed coverage of Locke's two key works, An Essay Concerning Human Understandingand The Two Treatises of Government.A sophisticated analysis by a highly respected academicA vital addition to the BlackwellGreat Mindsseries Samuel C. Ricklessis Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego, USA. He earned his Ph.D. in 1996 from the University of California, Los Angeles, before beginning his teaching career at Florida State University. The author of two books, Plato's Forms in Transition: A Reading of the Parmenides (2007), and Berkeley's Argument for Idealism(2013), Professor Rickless has published numerous scholarly articles on a variety of topics in the history of philosophy, writing on key figures including Plato, Descartes, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant, in addition to Locke. His research interests include normative ethics, constitutional law, and the philosophy of language.

Der englische Philosoph John Locke (1632-1704) hat sich mit der Begrenztheit des menschlichen Denkens und mit Problemen der politischen Freiheit und des religiösen Friedens befaßt. Seine politische Theorie hat die Welt verändert: Er hat gegen den Absolutismus argumentiert und die Theorie eines freien Staates entwickelt, der durch Vertrag mit freien Bürgern entsteht sowie Gewaltenteilung praktiziert. Angesichts der Zerrissenheit der Christen hält Locke Einheit und Frieden auf dem Boden der Vernunft für möglich: Was über den vernünftigen Kern des Christentums hinausgeht, muß dem Gewissen des Einzelnen überlassen bleiben. Locke gilt als Wegbereiter einer liberalen Wirtschaftspolitik und der späteren Whig-Partei. Rainer Specht beschreibt Leben, Werk und Wirkung Lockes vor dem Hintergrund seiner Zeit und zeigt Lockes Beziehungen zur mittelalterlichen und neuzeitlichen Philosophie.

"John Locke's Letter Concerning Toleration (1689) is one of the most widely-read texts in the political theory of toleration, and a key text for the liberal tradition. However, Locke also defended toleration more extensively in three subsequent Letters, which he wrote in response to criticism by an Anglican cleric, Jonas Proast. This edition, which includes a new translation of the original Letter, by Michael Silverthorne, enables readers to assess John Locke's theory of toleration by studying both his classic work and essential extracts from the later Letters. An introduction by Richard Vernon sets Locke's theory in its historical context and examines the key questions for contemporary political theorists which arise from this major work in the history of political thought"--