‘The Rulers now on Earth’: Locke'sTwo Treatisesand the Revolution of 1688
- 1 June 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Historical Journal
- Vol. 28 (2) , 279-298
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0018246x00003113
Abstract
When we believed that Locke had writtenTwo treatises of governmentto justify the Glorious Revolution, we could say a great deal about his purposes in relation to the events of 1688–89. The book served to interpret those events, to disclose their underlying meaning; philosophy and action were joined in such a manner that both gained lustre from the link. But, now we have generally accepted the view that Locke actually wroteTwo treatisesin the partisan heat of the Exclusion debate, and we have stopped saying very much of anything about the book's relation to William III and the events of the year in which Locke anonymously published it.Keywords
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