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  1692

Contents:
Weather register (December 9, 1691-December 31, 1692)
Copia A [presentation copies of General history of the air] (December?)
Copia T [presentation copies of Third letter for toleration] (December?)
Ethica 92 (unknown)
Gratia (unknown)
Scriptura Sacra (unknown)

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Weather register, December 9, 1691-December 31, 1692  

See   description under 1691

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Rules of the Dry Club   (October? 1692)

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 25, ff. 56r-57v.

Description:   A paper titled “Rules of the Dry Club: For the Amicable Improvemt of Mix’d Conversation,” and endorsed by Locke “Dry Club 92.” According to Locke (letter 1562, to Benjamin Furly, 7/17 November 1692), the paper was sent him by William Popple, who may have been its author. The manuscript is written on a single sheet, folded once to form 4 pages, 290 × 195 mm.

Publications:

  1. “Absolute, universal, equal and inviolable liberty of conscience : Popple, Locke e il ‘Dry Club’ ” / Luisa Simonutti. // IN: La formazione storica dell’alterità : studi di storia della tolleranza nell’età moderna offerti a A. Rotondò / promossi da Henry Méchoulan, Richard H. Popkin, Giuseppe Ricuperati, Luisa Simonutti. – Firenze : Olschki, 2001. – v. 2:741-743.

Note: This piece had apparently not been previously printed. The item in the 9th ed. of Locke’s works (referred to by Goldie, Political essays (1997), p. 382) is Locke’s “Rules of a society” (published 1720).

Discussions:   Simonutti, publication #1 above.

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Copia A [Boyle’s General history of the air]   [1692 December?]

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke f. 29, p. 83.

Description:   A list in Locke’s hand of persons to receive presentation copies of his edition of Robert Boyle’s General history of the air, published in the first week of January 1693. The list is captioned “Copia A.” The list provides for 19 copies.

Publications:

  1. “Distribution lists for copies of Locke’s books and Boyle’s General history of the air” / Mark Goldie. // IN: Locke studies. – 4 (2004):240-242. [List O]

Discussions:   Goldie, publication #1 above, p. 240-242.

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Copia T [Third letter for toleration]   [1692 December?]

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke f. 29, p. 83.

Description:   A list in Locke’s hand of persons to receive presentation copies of his Third letter for toleration, published in December 1692. The list is captioned “Copia T.” The list provides for 11 copies.

Publications:

  1. “Distribution lists for copies of Locke’s books and Boyle’s General history of the air” / Mark Goldie. // IN: Locke studies. – 4 (2004):238-239. [List N]

Discussions:   Goldie, publication #1 above, p. 238-339.

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Answer to Mr Norris Reflections   (1692)

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 28, ff. 107-112.

Description:   Draft in Locke’s hand to Norris’s Cursory reflections … (1690). The paper is endorsed “JL Answer to Mr Norris Reflections 92” and “JL to Mr. Norris.”

The manuscript consists of three small sheets of paper, each folded to form a total of twelve pages, 150 × 95 mm. The sheets are signed “Ref” A-C; ff. 111v-112 are blank, except for the endorsement.

Publications:

  1. “Locke’s first reply to John Norris” / Richard Acworth. // IN: Locke newsletter. – 2 (1971):8-11.
  2. Drafts for the Essay concerning human understanding, and other philosophical writings. Volume 3 / John Locke ; edited by Paul Schuurman. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, forthcoming. – (The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke)

Discussions:   Johnston, “Locke’s Examination of Malebranche and John Norris” (1958); Acworth, publication #1 above.

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Ethica 92   (1692)

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 42B, p. 224.

Description:   A commonplace book entry with the caption “Ethica” and the date “16[92].” Goldie calls it “Ethica A” to distinguish it from the piece with the same title dating from 1693 or 94.

Publications:

  1. “The influence of Gassendi on Locke’s hedonism” / Edward A. Driscoll. // IN: International philosophical quarterly. – 12 (1972):102-103. – Modernized spelling.
  2. “Locke and ethical theory : two MS. pieces” / Thomas Sargentich. // IN: Locke newsletter. – 5 (1974):29-31.
  3. Political essays / Locke ; edited by Mark Goldie. – Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1997. – p. 318-319. [Locke #867+]
  4. Writings on religion / John Locke ; edited by Victor Nuovo. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2002. – p. 15-16 [Locke 867+]
  5. Drafts for the Essay concerning human understanding, and other philosophical writings. Volume 3 / John Locke ; edited by Paul Schuurman. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, forthcoming. – (The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke)

Discussions:   Driscoll, publication #1 above; Sargentich, publication #2 above; Goldie, publication #3 above, p. 318.

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Gratia   (1692)

Location:   Adversaria 1661, pp. 6-7.

Description:   A note with the marginal caption “Gratia,” and dated [16]92. It consists of two columns: “ Grace” and “Nature.”

Publications:   None

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Peccatum originale   (1692)

Location:   Adversaria 1661, pp. 294-295.

Description:   Notes in the hand of Sylvester Brounower, corrected by Locke. The notes are headed “Queries concerning the Imputation of Adams sin to his Posterity,” and there is a marginal caption “Peccatum Originale” and the date “[16]92.”

Publications:

  1. Writings on religion / John Locke ; edited by Victor Nuovo. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2002. – p. 229-230 [Locke 867+]

Discussions:   Nuovo, publication #3 above, p. liii-liv.

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Scriptura Sacra   (1692)

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke d. 1, p. 177.

Description:   A note in Locke’s journal, with the heading “Scriptura Sacra” and the date “[16]92”. It consists of notes on William Lowth, A vindication of the divine authority of the Old and New Testaments (1692), with queries by Locke.

Publications:

  1. The life of John Locke : with extracts from his correspondence, journals and common-place books / by Lord King. – London : H. Colburn, 1829. – p. 294-295.
  2. Writings on religion / John Locke ; edited by Victor Nuovo. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2002. – p. 42-43 [Locke 867+]

Discussions:   Nuovo, publication #3 above, p. xxxv-xxxvi.

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