A Letter Concerning Toleration
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A Letter Concerning Toleration
| Author | John Locke |
|---|---|
| Published | 1689 |
| Recommended | 3 times |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Locke’s case that belief cannot be compelled, and therefore that the magistrate has no business compelling it. Short — a long pamphlet. |
Where I heard about it
- Peter Savodnik — his April 2026 post telling readers to work through Plato, Aristotle, Shakespeare, Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau: “To start.”
- Brendan McCord — on his Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List, under Renaissance and Enlightenment Political Thought.
- University of Austin — assigned in Modernity and the West on its Fall 2025 reading list, in a combined volume with Two Treatises of Government.
Connections
- John Locke — from the same canon list.
- Religious Freedom — from the same canon list.
- UATX Fall Reading List — assigned again in the University of Austin’s “Modernity and the West” course, in a combined volume with Two Treatises of Government.
What links here
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