Tolerance

This book aims at defining the thematic and lexical fields of tolerance in the Dutch and Italian culture of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It shows the progression from the ancient virtue of tolerance of an exclusively Christian theme to the right of freedom of religion and conscience.

Fabrizio Lomonaco is Professor of History of Philosophy at the University of Naples «Federico II». As a member of the editorial boards, he is involved with following journals: «Archivio di storia della cultura» (Naples), «Bollettino del Centro di studi vichiani» (Rome), «The Low Countries Historical Review» (Den Haag), and «Post filosofie» (Bari). He is Director of «Civiltà del Mediterraneo» (Naples) and «Logos» (Naples) and has written essays relating to the 17th-18th centuries Holland and Southern Italian thought.