Persecution or toleration : an explication of the Locke-Proast quarrel, 1689-1704 / / Adam Wolfson
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| Autore: |
Wolfson Adam <1962->
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| Titolo: |
Persecution or toleration : an explication of the Locke-Proast quarrel, 1689-1704 / / Adam Wolfson
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (160 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 261.7/209032 |
| Soggetto topico: | Religious tolerance - History - 17th century |
| Toleration | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Persecution or toleration |
| ISBN: | 979-82-16-32516-1 |
| 1-282-92188-6 | |
| 9786612921889 | |
| 0-7391-4724-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910968861103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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