by John Locke · MESTAS Ediciones, S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788495311702
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«Carta sobre la tolerancia» is the philosophical essay by John Locke, published by Mestas Ediciones in paperback (128 pages, in Spanish).
In this essay, John Locke defends religious tolerance and argues that the State should not interfere in citizens' beliefs, calling for a separation between civil power and individual conscience. The edition is completed with the «Ensayo sobre la tolerancia» and the «Esbozo del ensayo sobre la tolerancia».
Translation from Latin by Román de Villafrechós. Volume 6 of the Biblioteca de Filosofía collection.
Recommended for readers interested in political philosophy, history of ideas, and debates on religious freedom.
John Locke was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of the Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism". His important works include A Letter Concerning Toleration (1689), Two Treatises of Government (1689/90), both published anonymously, and An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689/90). His writing on toleration contends that religion is a matter for the individual and that the churches are voluntary associations, ruling out religious coercion and uniformity; these lead to the idea of separation of church and state. His Two Treatises on Government argues for government based on the consent of the governed and the right to revolt against tyrannous government which has lost consent. The Two Treatises are believed to have influenced the language that Thomas Jefferson chose in his drafting the July 1776 Declaration of Independence during the War of American Independence.
