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Preliminary studies for a projected book on the rise of religious liberty.
Castellio's Erasmian Liberalism
Locke and Montesquieu on Toleration
"Hobbes and the Cause of Toleration"
This paper sets out the basic Augustinian against religious liberty, and the replies made by Locke and Spinoza. It's a slightly revised version of a paper presented at Emory University in 2011 (and at other places before that).
Revised version of a talk given to the Dutch Spinoza Society, Vereniging het Spinozahuis in May 2008, and published in their monograph series in 2009.
Argues that Hobbes' Leviathan is more favorable to religious toleration than might be thought.
Contrasts Locke's position in the Letter on Toleration with Montesquieu's in the Persian Letters.
Asks whether Montaigne's skepticism provides a good basis for religious toleration.
Discusses Sebastian Castellio's arguments for religious toleration.
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