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Bayle - Political Writings

Bayle - Political Writings( )
Author: Bayle, Pierre
Editor: Jenkinson, Sally L.
Series title:Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought Ser.
ISBN:978-0-521-47094-0
Publication Date:Aug 2000
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $133.95
Book Description:

Sally Jenkinson's masterful selection from Bayle's Dictionnaire Historique et Critique presents the reader with a coherent path through Bayle's vast work. Her authoritative translation, careful text selection, and lucid introduction will be welcomed by scholars and students of the history of ideas, political theory, cultural history and French studies.

Book Details
Pages:438
Detailed Subjects: Political Science / History & Theory
Biography & Autobiography / Reference
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):14.3 x 22.4 x 3.2 cm
Book Weight:0.7 Kilograms
Author Biography
Bayle, Pierre (Author)
Born at Carla-le-Comte (now Carla-Bayle) in southern France, Pierre Bayle was the son of a French Protestant minister. Because of the persecution of the Huguenots in France, Bayle was forced to flee to Holland in 1681 where he lived the rest of his life. Bayle wrote a large number of works attacking all kinds of theological and philosophical theories and opposing all kinds of intolerance; he also edited one of the first major philosophical journals.

Bayle's most widely known work is his immense four-folio Historical and Critical Dictionary (1697-1702), in which he developed a complete skepticism about everything that is said and everything that is done. Considered the Arsenal of the Enlightenment, the work greatly influenced Berkeley, Hume, and Voltaire.

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