Bayle: Political WritingsPierre Bayle was one of the most important sceptical thinkers of the seventeenth century. His work was a major influence on the development of the ideas of Voltaire (who acclaimed it for its candour on such subjects as atheism, obscenity and sexual conduct), Hume, Montesquieu and Rousseau. Banned in France on first publication in 1697, Bayle's Dictionnaire Historique et Critique became a bestseller and ran into several editions and translations. Sally L. Jenkinson's masterly edition presents the reader with a coherent path through Bayle's monumental work (which ran to seven million words). This is volume selects political writings from Bayle's work and presents its author as a specifically political thinker. Sally L. Jenkinson's authoritative translation, careful selection of texts, and lucid introduction will be welcomed by scholars and students of the history of ideas, political theory, cultural history and French studies. |
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Pierre Bayle Sally L. Jenkinson. CAMBRIDGE TEXTS IN THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT BAYLE Political Writings Pierre Bayle was among the most important sceptical thinkers of the late seventeenth century . His work was an influence on the ...
Pierre Bayle Sally L. Jenkinson. CAMBRIDGE TEXTS IN THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT BAYLE Political Writings Pierre Bayle was among the most important sceptical thinkers of the late seventeenth century . His work was an influence on the ...
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Pierre Bayle Sally L. Jenkinson. Acknowledgements This selection of texts in part originates with Quentin Skinner's insight that Bayle's Dictionary should be read for its political theory . It has roots too in the doctoral thesis on Bayle's ...
Pierre Bayle Sally L. Jenkinson. Acknowledgements This selection of texts in part originates with Quentin Skinner's insight that Bayle's Dictionary should be read for its political theory . It has roots too in the doctoral thesis on Bayle's ...
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Pierre Bayle Sally L. Jenkinson. erudition of Mme Elisabeth Labrousse . Many have been recipients . too of her personal generosity of spirit . In 1996 colleagues paid their tribute in essays published by the Voltaire Foundation which ...
Pierre Bayle Sally L. Jenkinson. erudition of Mme Elisabeth Labrousse . Many have been recipients . too of her personal generosity of spirit . In 1996 colleagues paid their tribute in essays published by the Voltaire Foundation which ...
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Pierre Bayle Sally L. Jenkinson. A note on the translation The text The excerpts selected for the present anthology have been newly translated . The text is based on the last complete French edition ( ed . Beuchot ) ( Paris , 1820-4 ) ...
Pierre Bayle Sally L. Jenkinson. A note on the translation The text The excerpts selected for the present anthology have been newly translated . The text is based on the last complete French edition ( ed . Beuchot ) ( Paris , 1820-4 ) ...
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... Bayle in sometimes altering slightly the wording of the body of the text to which the remarks are referenced . Thirdly , the sources relied on by Bayle were set in fine print and were located in the side margins . Beuchot's edition of ...
... Bayle in sometimes altering slightly the wording of the body of the text to which the remarks are referenced . Thirdly , the sources relied on by Bayle were set in fine print and were located in the side margins . Beuchot's edition of ...
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