Mr. Locke's Reply to the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Worcester's Answer to His Second Letter (1699)
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Mr. Locke's Reply to the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Worcester's Answer to His Second Letter (1699)
by John Locke
Full Title: Mr. Locke's Reply to the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Worcester's Answer to his Second Letter : Wherein, besides other incident Matters, what his Lordship has said : Concerning Certainty by Reason, Certainty by Ideas, and Certainty of Faith. The Resurrection of the same Body. The Immateriality of the Soul. The Inconsistency of Mr. Locke's Notions with the Articles of the Christian Faith and their Tendency to Sceptism [sic], is examined.
7 ½ x 4 ¾. In English. Printed by H. C. For A. and F Churchill, London, 1699. FIRST EDITION. 452 pp. Verified complete via WorldCat. Bound in speckled calf boards, skillfully rebacked in period style with red morocco spine label added. Raised bands flanked by double gilt rules. Corners worn, but still presentable. Front and rear pastedowns as well as end papers show light, edge staining from previous reconditioning. Light pencil marks and a tiny label from a previous owner on front pastedown. Text shows negligible, light browning at foredges, consistent with the book’s age; otherwise in NEAR FINE condition. A COLLECTIBLE COPY with a sound binding and rather fresh text of an important work. READY FOR DISPLAY! Rare in both institutional holdings and commerce.
John Locke (1632 – 1704) is among the most influential political philosophers of the modern period. In his “Two Treatises of Government,” he argued the idea of a social contract where people in the state of nature conditionally transfer some of their rights to the government to better ensure the stable, comfortable enjoyment of their lives, liberty, and property. He also argued that should government fail; the people have the right to revolt. His arguments concerning liberty and the social contract later influenced the written works of Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and other Founding Fathers of the United States.
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