This book brings together a comprehensive collection of the writings of one of the greatest philosophers in the Western tradition. Along with five of John Locke s major essays seventy shorter essays are included that stand outside the canonical works that Locke published during his lifetime. For the first time students will be able to fully explore the evolution of Locke s ideas concerning the philosophical foundations of morality and sociability the boundary of church and state the shaping of constitutions and the conduct of government and public policy.