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Early Modern Skepticism and the Origins of Toleration
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1999
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This collection of original essays by the nation's leading political theorists examines the origins of modernity and considers the question of tolerance as a product of early modern religious skepticism. Rather than approaching the problem through a purely historical lens, the authors actively demonstrate the significance of these issues to contemporary debates in political philosophy and public policy. The contributors to Early Modern Skepticism raise and address questions of the utmost significance: Is religious faith necessary for ethical behavior? Is skepticism a fruitful ground from which to argue for toleration? This book will be of interest to historians, philosophers, religious scholars, and political theorists—anyone concerned about the tensions between private beliefs and public behavior.
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Copyright year
1999
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-0024-0
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-5445-8
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
283
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Preface No access
1. Introduction: The Prehistory of Toleration and Varieties of Skepticism Alan Levine No access Pages 1 - 20
2. Through a Glass Darkly: Luther and Calvin and the Limits of Reason Joshua Mitchell No access Pages 21 - 50
3. Skepticism, Self, and Toleration in Montaigne's Political Thought Alan Levine No access Pages 51 - 76
4. French Free-Thinkers in the First Decades of the Edict of Nantes Maryanne Cline Horowitz No access Pages 77 - 102
5. Descartes and the Question of Toleration Michael Gillepsie No access Pages 103 - 126
6. Toleration and the Skepticism of Religion in Spinoza's Tractatus Theologico-Politicus Steven B. Smith No access Pages 127 - 146
7. Monopolizing Faith: The Levellers, Rights, and ReligiousToleration Alan Houston No access Pages 147 - 164
8. Skepticism and Toleration in Hobbes' Political Thought Shirley Letwin No access Pages 165 - 178
9. John Locke and the Foundations of Toleration Nathan Tarcov No access Pages 179 - 196
10. Pierre Bayle's Atheist Politics Kenneth R. Weinstein No access Pages 197 - 224
11. Of Believers and Barbarians: Montesquieu's Enlightened Toleration Diana Schaub No access Pages 225 - 248
12. The Tolerant Skepticism of Voltaire and Diderot: Against Leibnizian Optimism and "Wise Charity" Patrick Riley No access Pages 249 - 270
