Sincerity and Truth - Essays on Arnauld, Bayle, and Toleration

Zusatztext 'an unusual and intriguing blend of philosophical analysis with the history of ideas'John Dunn! King's College! Cambridge! Historical Journal Klappentext Philosophical Commentary on the Words of the Gospel 'Compel Them to Come In', written by the Protestant philosopher Pierre Bayle in 1686-88, was a classic statement of the case for toleration at a time of extreme persecution. This collection of Kilcullen's writings on Bayle's work examines a wide range of 17th-century religious and philosophical issues, including Bayle's arguments, Arnauld's attack on Jesuit moral theories similar to Bayle's, the uses and limitations of "reciprocity" arguments, the "ethics of belief," and questions of moral responsibility and free will. Zusammenfassung These essays reflect upon Pierre Bayle's Philosophical Commentary on the Words of the Gospel 'Compel them to come in' which appeared in parts in 1686-88, a classic statement of the case for toleration. The first two essays are concerned with controversies about religious toleration in the seventeenth century, and the rest discuss philosophical questions relating to toleration and to the broader liberal idea of an open society.Three of the pieces originally appeared in Philosophy Research Archives and are reproduced here with alterations.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: John Kilcullen, John (Lecturer in Politics Kilcullen
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 28.07.1988
• EAN: 9780198266914
• ISBN: 978-0-19-826691-4
• Seiten: 240
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Christentum; Ratgeber > Lebenshilfe, Alltag > Lebensführung, Persönliche Entwicklung; RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, History of Religion