1692

Contents:

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

Weather diary

Rules of the Dry Club (October?)

Copia A [presentation copies of General history of the air] (December?)

Copia T [presentation copies of Third letter for toleration] (December?)

Answer to Mr Norris Reflections (unknown)

Ethica (unknown)

Gratia (unknown)

Peccatum originale (unknown)

Scriptura Sacra (unknown)

Morality (unknown)

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

See   description under 1691.

Weather diary

See   description under 1666.

Rules of the Dry Club   (October? 1692)

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

Description:   A paper titled “Rules of the Dry Club: For the Amicable Improvem^t 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. – vol. 2:741-743.
2. “Circles of virtuosi and ‘charity under different opinions’ : the crucible of Locke’s last writings” / Luisa Simonutti. // IN: Studies on Locke : sources, contemporaries, and legacy : in honour of G.A.J. Rogers / edited by Sarah Hutton and Paul Schuurman. – Dordrecht, Netherlands : Springer, ©2008. – pp. 173-175.

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.

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, pp. 240-242.

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, pp. 238-339.

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, approx. 150 × 95 mm. The sheets are signed “Ref” A-C; ff. 111^v-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. The Digital Locke Project / Dr. Paul Schuurman, project director. – Amsterdam : Digital Production Centre of the University Library of the University of Amsterdam, 2006-  . – Normalized and diplomatic texts available.
3. 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; Schuurman, Digital Locke project, text descriptions [viewed 2008/07/24]

Ethica   (1692)

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

Description:   A commonplace book entry with the caption “Ethica” and on a page dated “[16]92”. Goldie calls it “Ethica A” to distinguish it from other pieces with the same title.

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. – pp. 318-319. [Locke #867+]
4. Writings on religion / John Locke ; edited by Victor Nuovo. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2002. – pp. 15-16 [Locke 867+]
5. The Digital Locke Project / Dr. Paul Schuurman, project director. – Amsterdam : Digital Production Centre of the University Library of the University of Amsterdam, 2006-  . – Normalized and diplomatic texts available.
6. 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; Schuurman, Digital Locke project, text descriptions [viewed 2008/07/26]

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

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. – pp. 229-230 [Locke 867+]

Discussions:   Nuovo, publication #1 above, pp. liii-liv.

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. – pp. 294-295.
2. Writings on religion / John Locke ; edited by Victor Nuovo. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2002. – pp. 42-43 [Locke 867+]

Discussions:   Nuovo, publication #2 above, pp. xxxv-xxxvi.

Morality   [1692-1696?]

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 28, ff. 139^r-140^v.

Description:   An undated paper in Locke’s hand, with the title “Morality”. Schankula and Sargentich date it to the 1680s, but Goldie prefers c. 1677-78; Schuurman suggests that it is related to Locke’s discussions with Molyneux about a treatise on morality between 1692 and 1696.

The manuscript is written two small sheets of paper, 156 × 97 mm. Each sheet is folded horizontally, forming two columns; the text is written on the right side, the left side reserved for marginal captions and for additions and corrections (of which there are none in the case).

Publications:

1. From natural law to utilitarianism : a study of John Locke’s ethical and political theory / by Thomas Oliver Sargentich. – Thesis (B.A. honors)–Harvard University, 1972.
2. “Locke and ethical theory : two MS. pieces” / Thomas Sargentich. // IN: Locke newsletter. – 5 (1974):26-28.
3. Political essays / Locke ; edited by Mark Goldie. – Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1997. – pp. 267-269. [Locke #867+]
4. The Digital Locke Project / Dr. Paul Schuurman, project director. – Amsterdam : Digital Production Centre of the University Library of the University of Amsterdam, 2006-  . – Normalized and diplomatic texts available.
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:   Sargentich, publication #2 above; Goldie, publication #3 above, p. 267; Schuurman, Digital Locke project, text descriptions [viewed 2008/07/26]