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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... argument , he believed , was among humanity's achievements , but it is noteworthy that , on the eve of the Enlightenment , Bayle warned persistently of reason's limitations . For though humanity has the capacity to make improvements ...
... argument , he believed , was among humanity's achievements , but it is noteworthy that , on the eve of the Enlightenment , Bayle warned persistently of reason's limitations . For though humanity has the capacity to make improvements ...
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... argument . Ultramontanism : Ultramontane theologians continued to teach their seminarians the traditional theory of a former Catholic Christendom although the elites of the post - Reformation state were strongly opposed to it . Before ...
... argument . Ultramontanism : Ultramontane theologians continued to teach their seminarians the traditional theory of a former Catholic Christendom although the elites of the post - Reformation state were strongly opposed to it . Before ...
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... argument was grafted the pragmatic realism of the politiques . The word had orig- inally described the movement of the moderates , both Catholic and Huguenot , loyal to the intentions of Michel de l'Hôpital , Chancellor of France from ...
... argument was grafted the pragmatic realism of the politiques . The word had orig- inally described the movement of the moderates , both Catholic and Huguenot , loyal to the intentions of Michel de l'Hôpital , Chancellor of France from ...
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... argument proceeded to the conclusion that , faced with the two options , the individual , both as citizen of the republic and as ethical agent , would be bound to choose the regime of ' atheists ' ( Clar 1 : §§II - VIII ) . - Decoding ...
... argument proceeded to the conclusion that , faced with the two options , the individual , both as citizen of the republic and as ethical agent , would be bound to choose the regime of ' atheists ' ( Clar 1 : §§II - VIII ) . - Decoding ...
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