Profession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar
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Profession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar is a philosophical and religious discourse within Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s work that presents a deistic, natural-religion critique of established churches and dogma.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Profession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar canonical | 1 |
| the Profession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work section
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philosophical discourse ⓘ religious discourse ⓘ |
| advocates |
individual conscience
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natural morality ⓘ religion of the heart ⓘ |
| author | Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ |
| centralCharacter | Savoyard vicar ⓘ |
| controversialFor |
challenge to Catholic orthodoxy
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rejection of church authority ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| critiques |
established churches
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religious dogma ⓘ religious intolerance ⓘ revealed religion ⓘ |
| genre |
Enlightenment philosophy
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philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| historicalContext | French Enlightenment ⓘ |
| influenced |
Romantic views of religion
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later deist thought ⓘ modern religious liberalism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Enlightenment rationalism
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natural law theory ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
inner moral sense
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limits of human reason in theology ⓘ natural order as evidence of God ⓘ religious tolerance ⓘ |
| literaryForm | first-person monologue ⓘ |
| movement |
Age of Enlightenment
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surface form:
Enlightenment
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| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf |
Emile, or On Education
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surface form:
Émile, or On Education
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| philosophicalPosition |
deism
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natural religion ⓘ |
| positionInWork |
Emile, or On Education
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surface form:
Book IV of Émile
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| publicationCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| rejectsView | need for institutional mediation between God and humans ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men
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The Social Contract ⓘ |
| supportsView | God known through nature and conscience ⓘ |
| theme |
critique of clerical authority
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existence of God ⓘ freedom and moral responsibility ⓘ immortality of the soul ⓘ natural revelation ⓘ problem of evil ⓘ |
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