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A New Lockean Manuscript and the Limits of Religious Toleration

By Filings on Tue, 10/08/19
Society & Culture
John Locke
Religious Liberty
Enlightenment Thinkers

“In the Letter Concerning Toleration, Locke stressed the magistrate’s incapacity to establish which is the true Christian faith, a position few would dispute. But his approach to toleration requires that we at least establish what religion is and what it isn’t, an equally difficult task.” - The Public Discourse

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