Sincerity and Truth: Essays on Arnauld, Bayle, and Toleration
John Kilcullen
Abstract
The chapters in this book reflect upon Pierre Bayle's Philosophical Commentary on the Words of the Gospel ‘Compel them to come in’, which appeared in parts in 1686–88, a classic statement of the case for toleration. The first two chapters are concerned with controversies about religious toleration in the 17th century, and the rest discuss philosophical questions relating to toleration and to the broader liberal idea of an open society. Three of the chapters originally appeared in the Philosophy Research Archives and are reproduced here with alterations.
Keywords: sincerity, truth, Pierre Bayle, philosophical commentary, gospel, toleration, open society, Philosophy Research Archives
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 1988 | Print ISBN-13: 9780198266914 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2011 | DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198266914.001.0001 |
