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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... reason ' ( Hôp txt ) , and provide protection for the Calvinist minority ( Labrousse ( 1990 ) , p.138 ) . In the 1680s , therefore , in the face of the Revocation of that Edict , supporters and opponents of this policy turned to the ...
... reason ' ( Hôp txt ) , and provide protection for the Calvinist minority ( Labrousse ( 1990 ) , p.138 ) . In the 1680s , therefore , in the face of the Revocation of that Edict , supporters and opponents of this policy turned to the ...
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Pierre Bayle Sally L. Jenkinson. somewhat similar reasons.18 When today's scholars reconsider the republican literature which flourished in Spain , France , England and the ... reason , xxxiii The political ideas which Bayle opposed.
Pierre Bayle Sally L. Jenkinson. somewhat similar reasons.18 When today's scholars reconsider the republican literature which flourished in Spain , France , England and the ... reason , xxxiii The political ideas which Bayle opposed.
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Pierre Bayle Sally L. Jenkinson. nouveaux convertis and others , about faith , reason , prudence and the obligations of conscience.20 He assumed that readers of the Diction- ary would possess such familiarity , but he found that he had ...
Pierre Bayle Sally L. Jenkinson. nouveaux convertis and others , about faith , reason , prudence and the obligations of conscience.20 He assumed that readers of the Diction- ary would possess such familiarity , but he found that he had ...
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... reason and genius ' ( Nav ( P ) ) in the Europe of his time which promoted limited tolerance , ' diver- sity ' as a value had still to find its supporters even among reformers and republicans ( Ald ( L ) ; Sainct ( F ) ) . He warned ...
... reason and genius ' ( Nav ( P ) ) in the Europe of his time which promoted limited tolerance , ' diver- sity ' as a value had still to find its supporters even among reformers and republicans ( Ald ( L ) ; Sainct ( F ) ) . He warned ...
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... reason can adopt is to say that everything , apart from God , has a beginning ' ( Xen ( L ) ; cf. Hob ( M ) ) . Yet Bayle was indeed of the avant garde , as some modern critics recognise ( see Popkin ( ed . ) ( 1993 ) , pp . xix - xxix ) ...
... reason can adopt is to say that everything , apart from God , has a beginning ' ( Xen ( L ) ; cf. Hob ( M ) ) . Yet Bayle was indeed of the avant garde , as some modern critics recognise ( see Popkin ( ed . ) ( 1993 ) , pp . xix - xxix ) ...
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