scholarly journals John Locke at the Polish Brothers school

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-38
Author(s):  
Stanisław Obirek

The goal of this article is to show the influence of Polish Brothers on the British philosopher John Locke. As an example, it will be point out the influence of Polish Brothers on the very influential text of Locke’s A Letter Concerning Toleration and other writings of this philosopher. Only in recent years it was accepted that Locke borrowed the concepts like tolerance and rationality of religious beliefs from Polish Brothers.

Author(s):  
Margaret J. M. Ezell

Prior to leaving the throne, King James had urged toleration and liberty of conscious for religious beliefs, especially for Catholics and dissenters. This was strongly resisted by the Anglican hierarchy and Whig party. On the arrival of William and Mary, ministers were again required to take an oath of loyalty; many refused, believing that their oath sworn to King James was still in force were called non-juring ministers and lost their clerical positions. John Locke argued for a rational Christianity, while others argued for a spiritual life based on direct revelation from God.


Author(s):  
Vincent G. Potter

This chapter focuses on Charles Sanders Peirce's sojourn in England in the 1870s. It also shows the influence on his work of three philosophers from the British Isles—John Duns Scotus, William Whewell, and Alexander Bain. These three were chosen not only because of their impact on Peirce's pragmatism, but also because their influence on him is less well known than that of John Locke, George Berkeley, and David Hume—Peirce's so-called “British Connection.” Even so, the chapter shows how Peirce is not simply a British philosopher who happened to grow up in the Colonies. His pragmatism has a distinctively American spirit about it. That spirit, put roughly, was that ideas, if they are to merit serious attention, must be practical.


Horizontes ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 09
Author(s):  
Gustavo Araújo Batista

ResumoO pensamento de John Locke (1632-1704) sobre tolerância religiosa encontra-se, especificamente, embora não exclusivamente, em suas Cartas sobre tolerância. O objetivo desta pesquisa teórica é demonstrar a aplicabilidade educacional de alguns dos seus argumentos aduzidos nas referidas obras, em prol do direito de expressão de crença. A história tem demonstrado que a intolerância é algo a que a humanidade, independentemente da época e do lugar, está constantemente sujeita; por isso, a justificativa deste trabalho repousa sobre a necessidade que a educação tem de tratar do respeito pelas escolhas pessoais, no tocante àquilo em que desejam acreditar, uma vez que isso faz parte da sua liberdade individual, a qual, por sua vez, é um direito natural, sob a perspectiva lockeana. Como resultado desta pesquisa teórica ou bibliográfica, tem-se que, conforme o pensamento lockeano, educar para a tolerância religiosa, é algo que tanto se refere ao respeito pela consciência individual quanto ao zelo pela estabilidade social, uma vez que a opção por determinada religião é uma questão de foro íntimo, assim como a perturbação da ordem civil não se legitima pela coerção promovida por facções devotadas à prevalência de suas ideias sob as mais variadas formas de violência. Perante à premência de lidar-se com a diversidade religiosa, presente na contemporaneidade, as ideias do filósofo britânico ainda permanecem válidas como matéria de reflexão para se discutir a liberdade de fé.Palavras-chave: Educação; John Locke; Religião; Sociedade; Tolerância.John Locke: Education for religious toleranceAbstractJohn Locke’s (1632-1704) thought about religious tolerance takes place, especially, although not exclusively, into his Letters on toleration. The aim of this research is to demonstrate educational applicability of some of his arguments shown in those referred works in favor of right of faith expression. History has shown that intolerance is something to which mankind, independently from age and place, is constantly submitted; thus, the justification of this work is based on the necessity of education has to deal with the respect for personal choices, concerning what they desire to believe, because this is part of their individual freedom, which, hence, is a natural right, under Locke’s perspective. As result of this theoretical or bibliographical research, one has that, according to Locke’s thought, educating for religious tolerance is something that refers both to respect for individual consciousness either to zeal for social stability, because the option for some religion is a question of private forum, as well as perturbation of civil order does not legitimate by coercion promoted by factions devoted to prevalence of their ideas under the most several forms of violence. In relation to the urgency of dealing with religious diversity, nowadays, the ideas of the British philosopher still stay valued as matter for reflection in order to discuss faith freedom.Keywords: Education; John Locke; Religion; Society; Tolerance.


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