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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... able , thanks to such distinguished teaching , to perceive not just Bayle the reputed ' sceptic ' but also the theorist of pluralism , equipped to support his convictions with an epistemology of conjecture and refutation . No study of ...
... able , thanks to such distinguished teaching , to perceive not just Bayle the reputed ' sceptic ' but also the theorist of pluralism , equipped to support his convictions with an epistemology of conjecture and refutation . No study of ...
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... able to marry and to raise his three children in secure , even idyllic , surroundings . Jacob , his eldest son , was destined for the Calvinist ministry , and Pierre was expected to follow the same path ( Labrousse ( 1963-4 ) , vol . I ...
... able to marry and to raise his three children in secure , even idyllic , surroundings . Jacob , his eldest son , was destined for the Calvinist ministry , and Pierre was expected to follow the same path ( Labrousse ( 1963-4 ) , vol . I ...
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... able to complete two volumes by November 1696 ( Labrousse ( 1963-4 ) , vol . 1 , p . 183 ) , which became the first edition of 1697 leading to a substantially augmented second edition in four volumes in 1702 . Bayle confessed to many ...
... able to complete two volumes by November 1696 ( Labrousse ( 1963-4 ) , vol . 1 , p . 183 ) , which became the first edition of 1697 leading to a substantially augmented second edition in four volumes in 1702 . Bayle confessed to many ...
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... able to live wholly by their own standards ( Juno ( Z ) , ( BB ) ; Xen ( H ) , ( K ) ) . By analogy , 9 10 8 See Sys Abr . On Cartesian thought , see Popkin ( 1979 ) , pp . 110 , 129 ; in the context of political theory see Keohane ...
... able to live wholly by their own standards ( Juno ( Z ) , ( BB ) ; Xen ( H ) , ( K ) ) . By analogy , 9 10 8 See Sys Abr . On Cartesian thought , see Popkin ( 1979 ) , pp . 110 , 129 ; in the context of political theory see Keohane ...
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... able to furnish them with sufficient sustenance ' ( Ovid ( G ) ) . Yet a remedy of a sort was available . For human kind , disposed to be troubled by its own conduct , seeks to ameliorate its passions and so mitigate their worst ...
... able to furnish them with sufficient sustenance ' ( Ovid ( G ) ) . Yet a remedy of a sort was available . For human kind , disposed to be troubled by its own conduct , seeks to ameliorate its passions and so mitigate their worst ...
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