Locke argues against absolutism and advocates the idea that the legitimate power of the government must be based on the consent of the governed. He proposes that all individuals...

‘A Letter Concerning Toleration’ by John Locke was originally published in Latin in 1689. It was Locke's response to the problem of religion and government; he proposed...

John Locke (1632–1704) is among the most influential political philosophers of the modern period. In the Two Treatises of Government, he defended the claim that men are by...