Christianity, Antiquity, and Enlightenment Interpretations of Locke
It is commonly accepted that John Locke was the father of the English Enlightenment and the founder of modern political liberalism. These are at best half-truths that, when uncritically employed, have the effect of casting him as the precursor secular modernism, as a thinker with little interest in...
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2011, 2011
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2011 |
| Series: | International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- List of Abbreviations.- Introduction
- 1. A portrait of Locke as Christian Virtuoso.-2. Locke’s Theology, 1694–1704
- 3. Locke’s Proof of the divine authority of Scripture
- 4. Locke’s Christology as a Key to understanding his Philosophy
- 5. Locke on St Paul, Messianic Secrecy and the Consummation of Faith
- 6. Locke’s ‘Dubia circa Philosophiam Orientalem’ and the reception of Kabbala Denudata in England during the Seventeenth Century
- 7. Reflections on Locke’s Platonism
- 8. Aspects of Stoicism in Locke’s Philosophy
- 9. Locke against the Epicureans
- 10. Locke’s Religious Thinking and his Politics
- 11. Catharine Cockburn’s Enlightenment