Title: Locke As Secret 'Spinozist': The Perspective Of William Carroll
Abstract: Locke and Spinoza have been so long represented as diametrical opposites that scholars in the twentieth century have found it difficult to take Carroll's charge seriously. The author's purpose in this chapter is not to offer a better interpretation of Locke, but to understand better how some of his contemporaries might have taken him, even if wrongly, for a Spinozist. Since Locke is represented by Carroll as the chief mediator of Spinozism, the truth of the charges against his disciples is crucially dependent on the charge against Locke. In the first section the author pieces together some account of Carroll's High Church connections and background. In the second the author looks at other High Church reactions to Locke. The final section describes some reactions of Oxford philosophers to Locke and seeks to represent Carroll's philosophical position in the light of those reactions. Keywords: Locke; Spinozism; William Carroll
Publication Year: 1996
Publication Date: 1996-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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