Robert Filmer's prime assumption is that the Bible contains the
entire truth about the nature of the world and the nature of
society. Along with details of recorded history from the beginning
to the death of the Apostles, the Bible also includes the laws that
would govern history from that time to the end of the world. This
central assumption was shared by nearly every member of Tory
Christendom in England in the seventeenth century. In the same way,
Filmer holds that it is impossible for a people to escape political
anarchy once it is assumed that all individuals are independent and
equal. It is also impossible for people to escape from
collectivism, if it is granted that everyone has a moral right to
an equal share of the gifts of nature. In explaining why Filmer
remains both important and influential, Laslett argues that his
reputation owes a great deal to the fortuitous circumstances of the
time at which his works were resuscitated. His work passed almost
unnoticed when it was first issued. Only the position of the Tory
party gave his views prominence. The value of Patriarcha as a
historical document consists primarily in its revelation of the
strength and persistence in European culture of the patriarchal
attitude to political problems. The opening essay by Laslett offers
a brilliant analysis of late seventeenth-century English politics
and philosophy. Long unavailable, this is a masterpiece of
religious conservatism that still registers in debates at present.
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