Bayle: Political Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) by Bayle (PDF)

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Pierre 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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⭐Spinoza did not reach the New World, but Bayle’s Dictionary of terms, was widely accesible; and through it, Dutch thought had a larger influence in the 17-18 centuary America that is recognized.

⭐Judicious selections from Bayle’s Historical and Critical Dictionary, one of the greatest works of the Enlightenment. Bayle’s thought displays subtlety, nuance, and paradox absent from more dogmatic thinkers of the 17th and 18th centuries. Essential reading in political theory.

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