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The studies in the book reveal the unexpected richness of the mind of John Locke, its complexity, the ambiguities and curious turns of thought that find expression in his writing, and the depth of his thinking.

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The volume will consist of a series of interpretative studies of Locke´s philosophical and religious thought in historical context and consider his contributions to the Enlightenment and modern liberal thought.

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List of Abbreviations.- Introduction.- 1. A portrait of Locke as Christian Virtuoso.-2. Locke´s Theology, 1694-1704.- 3. Locke´s Proof of the divine authority of Scripture.- 4. Locke´s Christology as a Key to understanding his Philosophy.- 5. Locke on St Paul, Messianic Secrecy and the Consummation of Faith.- 6. Locke´s ´Dubia circa Philosophiam Orientalem´ and the reception of Kabbala Denudata in England during the Seventeenth Century.- 7. Reflections on Locke´s Platonism.- 8. Aspects of Stoicism in Locke´s Philosophy. 9. Locke against the Epicureans. 10. Locke´s Religious Thinking and his Politics. 11. Catharine Cockburn´s Enlightenment.

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From the reviews:
"Anyone with a serious interest in Locke will be stimulated ... . Nuovo brings to the study of Locke a sensitivity to theological nuance and to the varieties of Christian doctrine which is rare in this day and age ... . serve as countervailing evidence for those who continue to imagine a thoroughly modern Mr. Locke, who engaged with the world in the secular liberal terms of a Rawls. ... Taken as a whole, Professor Nuovo´s book succeeds quite splendidly ... ." (Timothy Stanton, Locke Studies)

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