John Locke: Literary and Historical Writings

Herausgeber: Milton, J R

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first critical edition of the literary and historical writings of John Locke (1632-1704): poems, orations, a plan for a play, a guide to compiling a commonplace book, rules for societies, writings on the liberty of the press, and a memoir of Locke's patron, the first Earl of Shaftesbury, all framed by general and textual introductions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 426
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. März 2019
• Englisch, Französisch, Latein
• Abmessung: 221mm x 145mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780198824381
• ISBN-10: 0198824386
• Artikelnr.: 53538651

Autorenporträt

J. R. Milton was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, and at Balliol College, Oxford. He taught at Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, and at King's College London, where he was Professor of the History of Philosophy until his retirement in 2014. He has published widely on the history of philosophy in the early modern period, concentrating on the life and writings of John Locke. He is General Editor of the Clarendon Edition of the Works of John Locke.

Inhaltsangabe

General Introduction
Textual Introduction
TEXTS
Poems
Outline for a Play: Orozes, King of Albania
An Address to the Prince of Denmark
Writings on the New Method
A Proposal for the Reform of the Universities
Rules for Societies
Writings on the Liberty of the Press
Preface to Aesop's Fables
Memoirs relating to the Life of Anthony First Earl of Shaftesbury
Other Writings on the Shaftesbury Family