Ideas: The British version—John Locke
July 4th, 2008 by Steve Bowbrick
Terrific one-hour feature from Radio 3’s Sunday Feature slot about the history of religious tolerance, its roots in Holland and in John Locke’s luminous ‘Letters Concerning Toleration‘ (well worth a read, by the way). There’s a large minibus- or a small coach-load of grade-A scholarship on show here: very topical too. And, while we’re talking about Locke, here’s an In Our Time from February about John Locke and the Social Contract. (/programmes, MP3).
July 7th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Correct me if I’m wrong, but there was an expert on this called Professor Pickled-Herring wasn’t there? Or did my ears deceive me? He said it at least twice.
July 7th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
I convinced myself he must have been saying something else. Something Dutch, like Pikk De Herring or something. Of course I like to think he’s called Pickled Herring!