'Bright enough for all our purposes'
John Locke's conception of a civilized society
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20315660 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Dunn (0000-0002-9751-0087, University of Cambridge, corresponding author), J M Dunn (King's College, Cambridge, CB2 1ST, U. K.) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 133-153 |
| Publication date | 1989-07-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Notes and Records the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0035-9149 • E-ISSN: 1743-0178 |
| Publisher | The Royal Society (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1098/rsnr.1989.0011 |
| OpenAlex | W1977492778 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 12 |
In the Preface to his Two Treatises of Government in 1689 Locke expressed the hope that the arguments of his book would be sufficient to establish the Throne of our Great Restorer, Our present King William; to make good his Title, in the Consent of the People, which being the only one of all lawful Governments, he has more fully and clearly than any Prince in Christendom: And to justifie to the World, the People of England, whose love of their Just and Natural Rights, with their Resolution to preserve them, saved the Nation when it was on the very brink of Slavery and Ruin. (1) He went on to express his confidence that the King and Body of the Nation had between them by this time so thoroughly confuted the divine right hypothesis of Sir Robert Filmer that no future writer would be likely to have the effrontery to advocate slavery and threaten the common safety again. It was an eminently partisan summary of English political experience over the preceding decade. But there can be no doubt of its sincerity and accuracy as an expression of Locke’s own political attitudes on the February afternoon that he sailed from Holland in the flotilla of Princess Mary, to land in England the day before Mary and her consort announced their joint acceptance of the English throne (2)
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 0.28 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2020 (27) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |