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Persecution or toleration : an explication of the Locke-Proast quarrel, 1689-1704 /
This book traces, in detail, the complex contours of the Locke-Proast debate over the question of toleration-revealing the radical case John Locke made on behalf of toleration. Arguing against the pro-persecution arguments of Jonas Proast, Locke developed a broadly humanistic case for toleration roo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, Md. :
Lexington Books,
©2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book traces, in detail, the complex contours of the Locke-Proast debate over the question of toleration-revealing the radical case John Locke made on behalf of toleration. Arguing against the pro-persecution arguments of Jonas Proast, Locke developed a broadly humanistic case for toleration rooted in liberal notions of consent, human dependency, and skepticism. Locke's theory would extend to a wide range of religious believers and even atheists. However, at the same time, according to Locke, toleration requires an overcoming of the religious worldview, rather than an emergence out of theo. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 113 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-108) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780739147245 0739147242 1282921886 9781282921887 9786612921889 6612921889 |