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How Did John Locke Support The Idea Of Toleration
In the eighteenth century philosophers John Locke and Francious-Marie Arouet.supported the idea of religious toleration. Locke philosophy was that people were born good or pure. According to Locke, people were generally good that they should be allowed more rights and freedoms. In which also his philosophy was that people were entitled to three natural rights (life, liberty, and own property which he defended. Locket said in the letter concerning toleration. “Civil interests I call life, liberty, health, and indolence of body, and the possession of our outward things, such as money, lands, houses, furniture, and the like…” (Locke). Unlike Locke, Voltaire’s philosophy was separation of church and state too. People should have freedom of religion,

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