John Locke: Writings on ReligionOxford University Press, 2002 - 290 pages Locke lived at a time of heightened religious sensibility, and religious motives and theological beliefs were fundamental to his philosophical outlook. Here, Victor Nuovo brings together the first comprehensive collection of Locke's writings on religion and theology. These writings illustrate the deep religious motivation in Locke's thought. |
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Page vii
... seems to require it . I have kept the ampersand in Locke's manuscripts , and have restored it to some transcriptions ... seem to be missing words . These are enclosed within angle brackets , ( ... ) . A pair of angle brackets enclosing ...
... seems to require it . I have kept the ampersand in Locke's manuscripts , and have restored it to some transcriptions ... seem to be missing words . These are enclosed within angle brackets , ( ... ) . A pair of angle brackets enclosing ...
Page xxiii
... seems to be an insert placed in the middle of a discussion of partiality that has not yet been worked into its context . One cannot be certain why Locke put it there . Hence , the interpretation given above must be taken as a hypothesis ...
... seems to be an insert placed in the middle of a discussion of partiality that has not yet been worked into its context . One cannot be certain why Locke put it there . Hence , the interpretation given above must be taken as a hypothesis ...
Page xxvii
... seems to be no society without a morality , nor any that lacks distinctions between good and bad , virtue and vice , yet the meanings of these terms are just as various as are human pursuits of happiness ; and the idea of morality as ...
... seems to be no society without a morality , nor any that lacks distinctions between good and bad , virtue and vice , yet the meanings of these terms are just as various as are human pursuits of happiness ; and the idea of morality as ...
Page xxviii
... seems to have been his reading in Pierre Bayle's Pensées diverses de la comète , which he cites in an appended note.33 Mark Goldie's description of ' Sacerdos ' as a commentary on § 127 of Bayle's book is , I think , a misrepresentation ...
... seems to have been his reading in Pierre Bayle's Pensées diverses de la comète , which he cites in an appended note.33 Mark Goldie's description of ' Sacerdos ' as a commentary on § 127 of Bayle's book is , I think , a misrepresentation ...
Page xxx
... seems most likely that by the end of 1694 Locke had the notebook ready for use . What is remarkable about the ' Adversaria ' is its comprehensiveness . It can be used as a checklist of all the topics of enquiry and dispute that engaged ...
... seems most likely that by the end of 1694 Locke had the notebook ready for use . What is remarkable about the ' Adversaria ' is its comprehensiveness . It can be used as a checklist of all the topics of enquiry and dispute that engaged ...
Contents
THEOLOGY ITS SOURCES AND THE PRAGMATICS OF ASSENT | 1 |
MORALITY AND RELIGION | 7 |
ADVERSARIA THEOLOGICA 94 | 19 |
INSPIRATION REVELATION SCRIPTURE AND FAITH | 35 |
THE NATURE AND AUTHORITY OF THE CHURCH | 67 |
THE REASONABLENESS OF CHRISTIANITY | 85 |
FALL AND REDEMPTION | 227 |
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