Britannica Great Books: Locke, Berkeley, Hume

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Berkeley, George (Contributor)
Hume, David (Contributor)
Locke, John (Contributor)

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Britannica Great Books: Locke, Berkeley, Hume
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Locke: 1689; Berkeley: 1710; Hume: 1748
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Honoured Sir, Since you are pleased to inquire what are my thoughts about the mutual toleration of Christians in their different professions of religion, I must needs answer you freely that I esteem that toleration to be the ... (show all)chief characteristic mark of the true Church.
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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.
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This is the "Great Books of the Western World" anthology, and should not be combined with The Empiricists anthology, or any of the individual works, which are:
  • A Letter Concerning Toleration, by John Lock... (show all)e;
  • Concerning Civil Government, Second Essay, by John Locke;
  • An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, by John Locke;
  • The Principles of Human Knowledge, by George Berkeley; and
  • An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, by David Hume.
The Empiricists omits A Letter Concerning Toleration and Concerning Civil Government, Second Essay, and includes Three Dialogues by Berkeley and Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion by Hume.

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