John Locke and the grounds for toleration / Flavio Fontenelle Loque

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Loque, Flavio Fontenelle, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Archives internationales d'histoire des idées ; 237.

International archives of the history of ideas = Archives internationales d'histoire des idées ; Volume 237

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Locke, John, 1632-1704.

Locke, John.

Toleration.

Religious tolerance.

Physical Description:

xvii, 209 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, [2022]

Summary:

This book offers a detailed analysis of John Lockes case for toleration and proposes an interpretation that shows the links between his political reasoning and his reflection on the ethics of belief. Locke is concerned with toleration not only when he discusses the ends of the Commonwealth, but also when he assesses the duties of private persons regarding the search for truth. The purpose of this book is to shed light on both of these branches, which have not been sufficiently explored in other studies on Locke. With particular attention to the notions of charity, obstinacy, fallibility, reciprocity and distinction between belief and knowledge, the author proposes a reading of the Epistola de Tolerantia, an extensive discussion of the controversy between Locke and Jonas Proast, as well as an examination of An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, in order to establish the meaning and interconnection of Lockes arguments in favour of toleration-- backcover

This book offers a detailed analysis of John Lockes case for toleration and proposes an interpretation that shows the links between his political reasoning and his reflection on the ethics of belief. Locke is concerned with toleration not only when he discusses the ends of the Commonwealth, but also when he assesses the duties of private persons regarding the search for truth. The purpose of this book is to shed light on both of these branches, which have not been sufficiently explored in other studies on Locke. With particular attention to the notions of charity, obstinacy, fallibility, reciprocity and distinction between belief and knowledge, the author proposes a reading of the Epistola de Tolerantia, an extensive discussion of the controversy between Locke and Jonas Proast, as well as an examination of An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, in order to establish the meaning and interconnection of Lockes arguments in favour of toleration.

Contents:

Introduction

1. The argumentative structure of the Epistola de Tolerantia

2. The Locke and Proast Controversy

3. Ethics of Belief

Conclusion

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-206) and index

Current copyright fee: GBP19.00 42\0.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

3030903621

9783030903626

9783030903633

303090363X

OCLC:

1310996385