Sincerity and Truth: Essays on Arnauld, Bayle, and Toleration - Hardcover

Kilcullen, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 019826691X ISBN 13: 9780198266914

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1988

Synopsis

Philosophical Commentary on the Words of the Gospel 'Compel Them to Come In', written by the Protestant philosopher Pierre Bayle in 1686-88, was a classic statement of the case for toleration at a time of extreme persecution. This collection of Kilcullen's writings on Bayle's work examines a wide range of 17th-century religious and philosophical issues, including Bayle's arguments, Arnauld's attack on Jesuit moral theories similar to Bayle's, the uses and limitations of "reciprocity" arguments, the "ethics of belief," and questions of moral responsibility and free will.

About this title

About the Author

John Kilcullen is at Macquarie University, Sydney.

Review

`This tantalizingly brilliant book contains a sharply clear discussion of the nature of freedom, tolerance and moral obligation. The analyses of the problems are penetrating, the presentation is elegant.'
The Heythrop Journal

'he is fastidious in his exegesis, and conscientious in establishing the moral and theological positions adopted by each writer in the context of his times'
Judith Sproxton, University of Birmingham. THES

'a scholarly and interesting book'
David Brown, Journal of Theological Studies

'an unusual and intriguing blend of philosophical analysis with the history of ideas'
John Dunn, King's College, Cambridge, Historical Journal

Edition details

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 019826691X
• ISBN 13: 9780198266914
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240