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The Clarendon Edition
of the Works of John Locke
[Last updated 11/03/21]
About the Edition
The Editorial Board of the Clarendon Edition and its publisher, Oxford University Press, aim to place in the public domain critical editions of the complete works of Locke in approximately forty volumes. The intention is to include all texts hitherto printed that can securely be attributed to him (or in which he had a substantive role in composing), together with his correspondence, and a considerable body of material from his unpublished manuscripts.
The project was envisaged by Peter Laslett in 1954 and accepted by Oxford University Press in 1956, when Esmond de Beer embarked on an edition of Locke’s Correspondence. An editorial board was created in 1972 and a grant from Paul Mellon received in 1973. Publication was inaugurated by Peter Nidditch in 1975 with the appearance of Locke’s Essay Concerning Human Understanding. By 2021 twenty volumes had been published. Editors have been assigned to nearly all remaining volumes.
Each volume is published in hardback and most are in paperback. All volumes so far published remain available, except for the hardback edition of the Essay Concerning Human Understanding. Volumes are available online in Oxford Scholarly Editions Online, and the Correspondence is also available in the Electronic Enlightenment.
The Locke Board meets annually and there are annual workshops for current volume editors. The General Editor is J. R. Milton. The Chair of the Board is Mark Goldie. The OUP commissioning editor is Peter Momtchiloff.
Members of the Board
- M. R. Ayers, emeritus, University of Oxford
- John Dunn, emeritus, King’s College, Cambridge
- Mark Goldie, emeritus, Churchill College, Cambridge
- J. R. Milton, emeritus, King’s College, London
- G. A. J. Rogers, emeritus, Keele University
- Jacqueline Rose, University of St Andrews
- M. A. Stewart, emeritus, Lancaster University
- James Tully, emeritus, University of Victoria, Canada
Former members:
E. S. de Beer,
Jonquil Bevan,
Peter Laslett,
W. von Leyden,
P. H. Nidditch,
R. H. Robbins,
Robert Shackleton,
John Yolton.
The first General Editor was Peter Nidditch, the second John Yolton, and the third M. A. Stewart.
Volumes published (20)
Volumes in preparation and in prospect (20)
- Abridgements of the Essay Concerning Human Understanding and Other Philosophical Writings, 1672-1689, ed. J. R. Milton
- The Conduct of the Understanding and Other Philosophical Writings, 1690–1704
[previously announced as Drafts, vol. 3], eds. Paul Schuurman and Jonathan Craig Walmsley - The Correspondence, vol. 9, Supplement, ed. Mark Goldie
- The Correspondence, vol. 10, Index, ed. M. A. Stewart
- A Discourse of Miracles and Other Writings on Religion, ed. Victor Nuovo [with Patrick Connolly (provisional; not under contract)]
- Colonial Writings, ed. David Armitage
- Writings on Natural Philosophy and Medicine, eds. Peter Anstey and Lawrence Principe
- Disputations on the Law of Nature
[hithereto known as ‘Essays on the Law of Nature’],
eds. Hannah Dawson and Richard Ellis - Two Tracts on Government, ed. by Jacqueline Rose and Peter Maxwell-Stuart
- The Nature of Churches
[hitherto known as ‘Defence of Nonconformity’ or ‘Critical Notes’ on Stillingfleet],
ed. by Timothy Stanton - Letters Concerning Toleration, 2 vols., ed. Teresa Bejan [with Nathan Pinkoski (provisional; not under contract)]
- Translations of Pierre Nicole’s Essais de Morale, ed. Delphine Soulard [provisional: not under contract]
- Two Treatises of Government ed. Felix Waldmann
- Replies to Edward Stillingfleet, 2 vols., ed. Matthew Stuart
- The Journals, 4 vols., projected edition under discussion
Current volume editors and contributors
- Peter Anstey, Department of Philosophy, University of Sydney
- David Armitage, Department of History, Harvard University
- Teresa Bejan, Department of Politics, University of Oxford
- Patrick Connolly, Department of Philosophy, Lehigh University, Pennsylvania [not under contract]
- Hannah Dawson, King’s College, London
- Richard Ellis, independent scholar
- Mark Goldie, emeritus, Faculty of History, and Churchill College, University of Cambridge
- Peter Maxwell-Stuart, independent scholar
- J. R. Milton, emeritus, Department of Philosophy, King’s College London
- Victor Nuovo, emeritus, Department of Philosophy, Middlebury College
- Nathan Pinkoski, Department of Political Science, Princeton University [not under contract]
- Lawrence Principe, Department of History of Science, Johns Hopkins University
- Jacqueline Rose, Department of History, St Andrew’s University
- Paul Schuurman, Department of Philosophy, Erasmus University
- Delphine Soulard, independent scholar [not under contract]
- Timothy Stanton, Department of Politics, York University
- M. A. Stewart, emeritus, Department of Philosophy, Lancaster University
- Matthew Stuart, Department of Philosophy, Bowdoin College, Maine [not under contract]
- Felix Waldmann, Faculty of History, and Christ’s College, University of Cambridge [not under contract]
- Jonathan Craig Walmsley, independent scholar
Collaborators in Literary and Philosophical Writings, ed. J. R. Milton
- Brandon Chua, Department of English, Hong Kong University
- Geoff Kemp, Department of Politics, University of Auckland
- David McInnis, Department of English, Melbourne University
- John Spurr, Department of History, Swansea University
- Richard Yeo, emeritus, Faculty of Arts, Education and Law, Griffith University, Brisbane
Associated publications
Outwith the Clarendon Edition, but with the guidance of the Board:
- John Locke, Writings on Religion, ed. Victor Nuovo (2002)
- The Selected Correspondence of John Locke, ed. Mark Goldie (2002)
- The Early Lives of John Locke, eds. Mark Goldie and Delphine Soulard (in preparation)
- The Library of John Locke, ed. Felix Waldmann (in preparation)
- John Locke and America : The Board of Trade and Plantation Papers, 1696-1700, ed. Mark Goldie (in preparation)
Contacts and Websites
For matters concerning the Edition contact
J. R. Milton (john.milton@kcl.ac.uk)
or Mark Goldie (mag1010@cam.ac.uk)
- John Locke Resources: http://openpublishing.psu.edu/locke/
- Locke Studies: https://ojs.scholarsportal.info/western/index.php/locke/index
- Oxford University Press – Clarendon Locke Edition: https://global.oup.com/academic/content/series/c/clarendon-edition-of-the-works-of-john-locke-cwjlw/?cc=us&lang=en&
- Oxford Scholarly Editions: www.oxfordscholarlyeditions.com
- Electronic Enlightenment: www.e-enlightenment.com
- Digital Locke Project: www.digitallockeproject.nl
- John Locke Society: thejohnlockesociety.com
Scheme of Volumes
[‘Scheme of Volumes’ to appear on flyleaves of published volumes]
[The numeration is notional and will not appear in print]
[Last updated 11/03/21]
THE CLARENDON EDITION OF THE
WORKS OF JOHN LOCKE
GENERAL EDITOR: J. R. MILTON
EDITORIAL BOARD
M. R. Ayers • John Dunn • Mark Goldie • J. R. Milton
G. A. J. Rogers • Jacqueline Rose • M. A. Stewart • James Tully
SCHEME OF VOLUMES
1:
Two Tracts on Government
2:
Disputations on the Law of Nature
3:
An Essay Concerning Toleration and Other Writings on Law and Politics, 1667–1683
4:
The Nature of Churches
5-6:
Drafts for the Essay Concerning Human Understanding and Other Philosophical Writings
7:
Abridgements of the Essay Concerning Human Understanding and Other Philosophical Writings, 1672-1689
8:
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
9-10:
Replies to Edward Stillilngfleet
11:
The Conduct of the Understanding and Other Philosophical Writings, 1690–1704
12-13:
Letters Concerning Toleration
14:
Two Treatises of Government
15:
Some Thoughts Concerning Education
16-17:
On Money
18:
The Reasonableness of Christianity
19:
Vindication of the Reasonableness of Christianity
20-21:
A Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistles of St Paul
22:
A Discourse of Miracles and Other Writings on Religion
23:
Colonial Writings
24:
Writings on Natural Philosophy and Medicine
25:
Literary and Historical Writings
26:
Translations of Pierre Nicole’s Essais de Morale
27-30:
The Journals
31-40:
The Correspondence
