Essay and Letter on Tolerance

The often bloody disputes among the various Christian sects that arose from the Reformation caused great concern in European thought from an early date. John Locke (1632-1704), a prominent representative of philosophical empiricism, could not escape the concern for this problem either. In "An Essay Concerning Toleration" (1666) and, later, in "A Letter Concerning Toleration" (1685), he advocated for the separation of Church and State and the acceptance of all types of religious opinion that did not violate the fundamental principles of the established society, two principles that continue to be fully valid in modern political thought.

Introduction and translation by Carlos Mellizo

The often bloody disputes among the various Christian sects that arose from the Reformation caused great concern in European thought from an early date. John Locke (1632-1704), a prominent representative of philosophical empiricism, could not escape the concern for this problem either. In "An Essay Concerning Toleration" (1666) and, later, in "A Letter Concerning Toleration" (1685), he advocated for the separation of Church and State and the acceptance of all types of religious opinion that did not violate the fundamental principles of the established society, two principles that continue to be fully valid in modern political thought.

Introduction and translation by Carlos Mellizo