Reception of Locke's Epistola de Tolerantia
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Dec 30, 2020
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Epistola de Tolerantia, Reception, Le Clerc, Basnage de Beauval, Long, Proast
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Published in April 1689, the Epistola de Tolerantia never failed to call attention. Right after its publication, the work generated a remarkable reception that covers (i) three projects of translation to vernacular languages, (ii) reviews in learned journals attributed to Jean Le Clerc and Henri Basnage de Beauval, and (iii) critiques by the Anglican clergymen Thomas Long and Jonas Proast. This article intends to analyse this immediate reception in order to assess whether the central thesis of the work and its grounds were identified and understood.
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BAYLE, P. De la Tolérance – Commentaire Philosophique Édité par J.-M. Gros Paris: Honoré Champion, 2014.
[BASNAGE DE BEAUVAL, H.] Epistola de Tolerantia Histoires des Ouvrages des Sçavans Mois de SEPT. OCT. etc jusqu’au mois d’AOUST 1690 inclus. Tome VI. Amsterdam: chez Michel Charles Le Cène, M.D.C.C.X.X.I. pp. 20-26
[BASNAGE DE BEAUVAL, H.] Article XVI Histoires des Ouvrages des Sçavans Mois de Decembre 1689, Janvier et Février 1690 Rotterdam: chez Renier Leers, MDCXC.
GOLDIE, M. The theory of Religious Intolerance in Restoration England In: GRELL, O. P., ISRAEL, J. I., TYACHE, N. (Ed.) From Persecution to Toleration: The Glorious Revolution and Religion in England Oxford: Clarendon University Press, 1991. pp. 331-368
GOLDIE, M. John Locke, Jonas Proast and Religious Toleration 1688-92 In: WALSH, J., HAYDON, C., TAYLOR, S. (Ed.) The Church of England c. 1688-c. 1833 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. pp. 143-171
ISRAEL, J. Group Identity and Opinion among the Huguenot Diaspora and the Challenge of Pierre Bayle’s Toleration Theory (1685–1706) In: POLLMANN, J., SPICER, A. (Ed.) Public Opinion and Changing Identities in the Early Modern Netherlands: Essays in Honour of Alastair Duke Leiden: Brill, 2007. pp. 279-293
JOLLEY, N. Toleration & Understanding in Locke Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016.
JURIEU, P. Tableau du Socinianisme La Haye: chez Abraham Troyel, 1690.
KLIBANSKY, R. Preface In: LOCKE, J. Epistola de tolerantia Latin text edited with a preface by R. Klibansky, English translation with introduction and notes by J. W. Gough Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968. pp. vii-xliv
[LE CLERC, J.] Tolerantia, lettre latine sur cette matière. Bibliothèque Universelle et Historique de l’année M.D.C.LXXXIX, tome quinzième. Seconde édition révûe et corrigée Amsterdam: chez les héritiers d’Antoine Shelte, MDC XCIX. pp. 402-412
LE CLERC, J. Éloge Historique de feu Mr. Locke In: LOCKE, J. Œuvres Diverses de M. Locke Nouvelle édition considérablement augmentée Amsterdam: chez Jean Frederic Bernard, 1732. Tome Premier.
LOCKE, J. A Letter concerning Toleration The Second Edition Corrected London: printed for Awnsham at the Black Swan in Ave-Mary Lane, MDCXC.
LOCKE, J. A Letter concerning Toleration Latin and English texts revised and edited with variants and an introduction by M. Montuori The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1963.
LOCKE, J. Carta sobre a Tolerância Trad. F. Fortes, W. Ferreira Lima. Organização, introdução, revisão técnica, notas e comentários F. F. Loque. Belo Horizonte: Autêntica Editora, 2019.
LOCKE, J. Lettre sur la tolérance et autres textes Présentation par J.-F. Spitz. Traductions par Jean Le Clerc et J.-F. Spitz. Édition revue et augmentée. Paris: GF Flammarion, 2007.
LOCKE, J. A Second Letter concerning Toleration London: printed for Awnsham and John Churchill in Ave-Mary Lane Near Pater-Noster-Row, MDCXC.
LOCKE, J. Œuvres Diverses de Monsieur Jean Locke Rotterdam: chez Fritsch et Böhm, MDCCX.
LOCKE, J. Two Treatises of Government (Ed. P. Laslett) 26 ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015.
LOCKE, J. The Correspondence of John Locke (Ed. E. S. de Beer) Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1976-89. v. I-VIII
LONG, T. The Letter for Toleration decipher’d and the Absurdity and Impiety of an Absolute Toleration demonstrated London: printed by Freeman Collins and are to be sold by R. Baldwin in the Old-Bay, M DC LXXXIX.
LOQUE, F. F. Os Fundamentos da Tolerância Religiosa em John Locke (Tese de Doutorado) Belo Horizonte, UFMG, 2019.
LOQUE, F. F. As resenhas da Carta sobre a Tolerância de John Locke: contextualização e tradução Perspectiva Filosófica v. 47 n. 1 pp. 242-258, 2020.
MARSHALL, J. John Locke, Toleration and Early Enlightenment Culture Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
MILTON, J. R. Locke’s Publications in the Bibliothèque Universelle et Historique British Journal for the History of Philosophy v. 19, n. 3, pp. 451-472, 2011.
NICHOLSON, P. John Locke’s later Letters on Toleration In: HORTON, J., MENDUS, S. (Ed.) John Locke: A Letter Concerning Toleration In Focus New York: Routledge, 1991. pp. 163-187
PROAST, J. The Argument of the Letter concerning Toleration briefly consider’d and answer’d Oxford: printed at the Theatre, for George West and Henry Clements, Booksellers in Oxford, 1690.
PROAST, J. A Third Letter concerning Toleration: in defense of the Argument of the Letter concerning Toleration briefly consider’d and answer’d Oxford: printed by L. Lichfield for George West and Henry Clements, 1691.
SAVONIUS, S. J. The Du Gouvernement Civil of 1691 and its readers The Historical Journal v. 47 n. 1 pp. 47-79, 2004.
SIMONUTTI, L. Religion, Philosophy and Science: John Locke and Limborch’s circle in Amsterdam In: FORCE, J. E., KATZ, D. S. (Ed.) Everything Connects: in conference with Richard H. Popkin, essays in his honour Leiden: Brill, 1999. pp. 293-324
SOULARD, D. L’oeuvre des premiers traducteurs français de John Locke: Jean Le Clerc, Pierre Coste et David Mazel Dix-septième siècle v.4 n. 253 pp. 739-762, 2011.
SOULARD, D. Anglo-French Cultural Transmission: the case of John Locke and the Huguenots Historical Research v. 85, n. 227, pp. 105-132, 2012.
SOULARD, D. The Reception of Locke’s Politics: Locke in the République des Lettres In: CHAMPION, J., COFFEY, J., HARRIS, T., MARSHALL, J. (Ed.) Politics, Religion and Ideas in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Britain: essays in honour of Mark Goldie Nova York: Boydell and Brewer, 2019. pp. 201-218
TATE, J. W. Liberty, Toleration and Equality: John Locke, Jonas Proast and the ‘Letters concerning Toleration’ New York: Routledge, 2016.
VAN EIJNATTEN, J. Liberty and Concord in the United Provinces: religious toleration and the public in the Eighteenth-Century Netherlands Leiden: Brill, 2003.
VERNON, R. The Career of Toleration – John Locke, Jonas Proast and after Montreal: McGill Queen’s University Press, 1997.
YOLTON, J. S. John Locke: a descriptive bibliography Bristol: Thoemmes Press, 1998.