...This chapter examines Thomas Hobbes's views on toleration and the inner life. Throughout Leviathan, Hobbes is hostile to religious dissent and claims for freedom of speech; he is eager to keep universities firmly under control, and does not hide his thoughts about what is and what...

... America Arminius Jacobus Jacob Harmensz radical enlightenment philosophes Thou Jacques Auguste de long sixteenth century liberty European society European culture toleration monarchical power religious dissent republicanism liberty discourse The aim of this book has been to investigate...