by John Locke · Tecnos Editorial S A · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788430911356
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«Carta sobre la tolerancia» is John Locke's philosophical essay on religious tolerance, published by Tecnos Editorial S A in paperback (71 pages, in Spanish).
In this classic work of liberal thought, John Locke defends freedom of conscience and argues that civil power must not impose religious beliefs or punish those who dissent. He argues that faith is a private matter that cannot be decided by force and that tolerance between confessions favours coexistence. Originally published in 1689, the letter also proposes the separation of Church and State as a condition for a stable society.
Edition by Pedro Bravo Gala in the Clásicos del Pensamiento collection. The work, translated from «A Letter Concerning Toleration», was originally published in 1689 and 1690.
Recommended for readers interested in political philosophy, history of ideas and the foundations of classical liberalism.
John Locke was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of the Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism". His important works include A Letter Concerning Toleration (1689), Two Treatises of Government (1689/90), both published anonymously, and An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689/90). His writing on toleration contends that religion is a matter for the individual and that the churches are voluntary associations, ruling out religious coercion and uniformity; these lead to the idea of separation of church and state. His Two Treatises on Government argues for government based on the consent of the governed and the right to revolt against tyrannous government which has lost consent. The Two Treatises are believed to have influenced the language that Thomas Jefferson chose in his drafting the July 1776 Declaration of Independence during the War of American Independence.
