 | Frederick Dreyer - 1979 - 104 Seiten
...refused toleration to atheists on the grounds that they could not bind themselves by their promises: "Promises, covenants, and oaths, which are the bonds...of human society, can have no hold upon an atheist. The taking away of God, though but even in thought, dissolves all . . . "(John Locke, The Second Treatise... | |
 | Henry B. Clark - 1982 - 148 Seiten
...Catholics but he goes on to say, Lastly, those are not at all to be tolerated who deny the being of a God. Promises, covenants, and oaths, which are the bonds...of human society, can have no hold upon an atheist. The taking away of God, though but even in thought, dissolves all. ... In effect, all Locke is doing... | |
 | Gerhard Ebeling - 1983 - 244 Seiten
...Unterschätzung des Bösen. Aber mehr 19662. 94: Those are not at all to be tolerated who deny the being of God. Promises. covenants, and oaths, which are the bonds...of human society. can have no hold upon an atheist. Fortsetzung oben. als dies: Er liefert der Illusion einer Ein-Reich-Lehre57 aus, die auch in der Theologie... | |
 | John Cannon - 1984 - 208 Seiten
...concerning toleration. Locke wrote: 'Those are not at all to be tolerated who deny the being of a god. Promises, covenants and oaths, which are the bonds...of human society, can have no hold upon an atheist. The taking away of God, though but even in thought, dissolves all.' Burke's view was ' better this... | |
 | Ron Replogle - 1989 - 268 Seiten
...conception of moral personality. [T]hose are not at all to be tolerated who deny the being of a God. Promises, covenants, and oaths, which are the bonds...of human society, can have no hold upon an atheist. The taking away of God, though but even in thought, dissolves all; besides also, those that by their... | |
 | Abdullahi Ahmed An-naim, Francis M. Deng - 2010 - 422 Seiten
...because the "taking away of God, though but even in thought, dissolves all" (p. 52, emphasis added). "Promises, covenants, and oaths, which are the bonds...of human society, can have no hold upon an atheist" (p. 52). The harsh judgments about Catholics and Muslims are understandable, in Locke's thinking, to... | |
 | Michael Martin - 1990 - 562 Seiten
...Locke, famous for his advocacy of religious tolerance, maintained in A Letter Concerning Tolerance, "promises, covenants, and oaths, which are the bonds of human society, can have no effect on an atheist."'" Locke's belief was enshrined in legal rules that prevented atheists from testifying... | |
 | Terrence E. Cook - 1991 - 326 Seiten
...(Theologico-Political Treatise, XX). Locke's Letter concerning Toleration would not accord toleration to an atheist: "Promises, covenants, and oaths, which are the bonds...human society, can have no hold upon an atheist." Autocratic religion is also a threat. Locke in the same essay implicitly rejected tolerance for Roman... | |
 | Peter Minowitz - 1993 - 376 Seiten
...(WN Vig2). See pp. 167-68 below. 3 1 . By contrast, Locke excludes atheists from toleration because "promises, covenants, and oaths, which are the bonds of human society, can have no hold upon or sanctity" for them (A Letter on Toleration, p. 135); "faith and truth, especially in all occasions... | |
 | Abraham Sagi, Daniel Statman - 1995 - 204 Seiten
...heretics who deny the existence of God: Those are not at all lo be tolerated who deny the being of God. Promises, covenants, and oaths, which are the bonds...of human society can have no hold upon an atheist. The taking away of God. though but even in thought, dissolves all. (1991. p. 50} A central thesis of... | |
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God. Promises, covenants, and oaths, which are the bonds of human society, can have no hold upon an atheist. The taking away of God, though but even in thought, dissolves all. 
