Before revision: The contract of tolerance (John Locke) John Locke in a portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646–1723) Through the category "freedom of conscience" (Gewissensfreiheit) Mendelssohn turned from the dark side ("war of every man against every man ") to John Locke's enlightened definition of "tolerance" and to his concept of the separation between religion and state: Locke who lived in the same time full of confusion [as Hobbes], looked for another way to protect the freedom of conscience.
After revision: The contract of tolerance (John Locke) John Locke in a portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646–1723) Through the category "freedom of conscience" (Gewissensfreiheit) Mendelssohn turned from the dark side ("war of all against all ") to John Locke's enlightened definition of "tolerance" and to his concept of the separation between religion and state: Locke who lived in the same time full of confusion [as Hobbes], looked for another way to protect the freedom of conscience.