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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... causes of intolerance . Reasoned 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 ...
... causes of intolerance . Reasoned 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 ...
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... cause of their persecution . The suppression of Calvinism in France was celebrated by the Gallican regime as a commendable consolidation of the nation's political unity , even though it was seen as a catastrophe in the eyes of ...
... cause of their persecution . The suppression of Calvinism in France was celebrated by the Gallican regime as a commendable consolidation of the nation's political unity , even though it was seen as a catastrophe in the eyes of ...
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... cause of liberty ' to be free from ' the Spanish tyranny ' and ' the yoke of the Inquisition ' ( Ald txt ) . Bayle's modern reputation , as an astute interpreter of Machiavel- lian realism ( Mach ( E ) ) who was fascinated with the ...
... cause of liberty ' to be free from ' the Spanish tyranny ' and ' the yoke of the Inquisition ' ( Ald txt ) . Bayle's modern reputation , as an astute interpreter of Machiavel- lian realism ( Mach ( E ) ) who was fascinated with the ...
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... cause ( Greg ; Mâcon ; Soc ; Sainc ) . If it is argued that virtuous conduct in a citizen requires indoctri- nation in the fear and love of God , or in God's supposed retri- bution , this cannot , Bayle insists , be convincingly ...
... cause ( Greg ; Mâcon ; Soc ; Sainc ) . If it is argued that virtuous conduct in a citizen requires indoctri- nation in the fear and love of God , or in God's supposed retri- bution , this cannot , Bayle insists , be convincingly ...
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