La tolérance, de Spinoza à Locke

Pour bien concevoir (et mettre en œuvre) la tolérance, il est nécessaire de l'appuyer sur une théorie politique et sur une épistémologie cohérentes. Spinoza, Locke et Bayle offrent en un autre siècle des liens dont il ne serait pas inutile de s'inspirer, notamment le respect de la séparation des champs, des points de vue, des méthodologies. Ce n'est pas parce que le concret est un que son étude peut être une.In order to rightly conceive (and apply) toleration, one must found it on clear epistemological and political theories. In their own age, Spinoza, Locke and Bayle link toleration which such theories, and it could be helpful to follow their suggestions : separation of powers, of aspects, of methodologies. In spite of the fact that the real world is unified, its knowledge must be multifarious

Avant-Propos

La langue de Shakespeare Enter Shakespeare, painted full of tongues… La langue de Shakespeare est et n’est pas la « langue de Shakespeare ». Si Shakespeare a largement contribué à l’évolution et à l’enrichissement de l’anglais, la langue que son œuvre déploie semble à maints égards être une langue tout aussi étrangère à l’anglais de son temps qu’à l’anglais de nos contemporains. Langue étrangère creusée dans la langue anglaise, tout à la fois proche et lointaine, morte et vivante, cette langu..

Foreword

Shakespeare’s Tongue Enter Shakespeare, painted full of tongues… Shakespeare’s tongue is and is not « Shakespeare’s tongue » or what the French call « la langue de Shakespeare ». If Shakespeare has largely contributed to the evolution and enrichment of the English tongue, the language that is cultivated in his works seems in many ways to be as far from the English of his time as from the English spoken by our contemporaries. As a foreign language within the English language, both near and dis..

Locke on individuation and the corpuscular basis of kinds

In this paper, I examine the crucial relationship between Locke’s theory of individuation and his theory of kinds. Locke holds that two material objects -- e.g., a mass of matter and an oak tree -- can be in the same place at the same time, provided that they are ‘of different kinds’. According to Locke, kinds are nominal essences, that is, general abstract ideas based on objective similarities between particularindividuals. I argue that Locke’s view on coinciding material objects is incompatible with his view on kinds. In order for two material objects to be in the same place at the same time, they must differ with respect to at least one nominal essence. However, Locke thinks that it is impossible that x and y have the same real essence but differ with respect to any nominal essence; and coinciding material objects have the same real essence. Therefore, Locke cannot hold what he in fact holds, namely that distinct material objects can be in the same place at the same tim

James Tully, A Discourse on Property : John Locke and his Adversaries

Vienne Jean-Michel. James Tully, A Discourse on Property : John Locke and his Adversaries. In: XVII-XVIII. Bulletin de la société d'études anglo-américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. N°17, 1983. pp. 165-168

E. S. de Beer, ed., The Correspondence of John Locke, vol. 3

Vienne Jean-Michel. E. S. de Beer, ed., The Correspondence of John Locke, vol. 3. In: XVII-XVIII. Bulletin de la société d'études anglo-américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. N°8, 1979. pp. 132-133

E. S. de Beer, ed., The Correspondence of John Locke, vol. 5

Vienne Jean-Michel. E. S. de Beer, ed., The Correspondence of John Locke, vol. 5. In: XVII-XVIII. Bulletin de la société d'études anglo-américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. N°11, 1980. p. 105

Michael Hunter, Science and Society in Restoration England Margaret C. Jacob, The Radical Enlightenment : Pantheists, Freemasons and Republicans

Vienne Jean-Michel. Michael Hunter, Science and Society in Restoration England Margaret C. Jacob, The Radical Enlightenment : Pantheists, Freemasons and Republicans. In: XVII-XVIII. Bulletin de la société d'études anglo-américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. N°16, 1983. pp. 114-115

E. S. de Beer, ed., The Correspondence of John Locke, vols 1 et 2

Vienne Jean-Michel. E. S. de Beer, ed., The Correspondence of John Locke, vols 1 et 2. In: XVII-XVIII. Bulletin de la société d'études anglo-américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. N°4, 1977. pp. 99-101

Norman Fiering, Jonathan Edwards's Moral Thought and its British Context

Vienne Jean-Michel. Norman Fiering, Jonathan Edwards's Moral Thought and its British Context. In: XVII-XVIII. Bulletin de la société d'études anglo-américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. N°15, 1982. pp. 125-127