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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... supposed that he had no need to translate into the vernacular . many of his Latin quotations . No such assumption can be made today . Where a long passage is involved we have supplied the first few words of the Latin to indicate the ...
... supposed that he had no need to translate into the vernacular . many of his Latin quotations . No such assumption can be made today . Where a long passage is involved we have supplied the first few words of the Latin to indicate the ...
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... supposed . For in addition to tolerance and scepticism Bayle's Dictionary pro- moted justice as the end of government , and critical freedom as its prerequisite . The texts in this collection have been selected to highlight the ...
... supposed . For in addition to tolerance and scepticism Bayle's Dictionary pro- moted justice as the end of government , and critical freedom as its prerequisite . The texts in this collection have been selected to highlight the ...
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... supposedly inspired decisions for all Christendom , civil rulers included , concerning faith and morals ( Loy ( R ) ; Mar ( G ) ) . During the Wars of Religion in France , the Catholic League , led by the ambitious House of Guise and ...
... supposedly inspired decisions for all Christendom , civil rulers included , concerning faith and morals ( Loy ( R ) ; Mar ( G ) ) . During the Wars of Religion in France , the Catholic League , led by the ambitious House of Guise and ...
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... supposed that forced con- version , in the manner of the Spanish Inquisition , was alien to the French idea of a civilised nation . Nevertheless , from 1660 , the year in which Louis XIV began his period of personal rule , they were ...
... supposed that forced con- version , in the manner of the Spanish Inquisition , was alien to the French idea of a civilised nation . Nevertheless , from 1660 , the year in which Louis XIV began his period of personal rule , they were ...
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... supposed prudential case for religious unity , as by absolutism or religious zeal ( see FTC ) . Many intellectuals , as their writings showed , were religiously indifferent , but believed - like the human- ist Justus Lipsius - that ...
... supposed prudential case for religious unity , as by absolutism or religious zeal ( see FTC ) . Many intellectuals , as their writings showed , were religiously indifferent , but believed - like the human- ist Justus Lipsius - that ...
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